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Most scientists think that Europa icy surface covers a deep ocean.
On the tails of an apparently successful flyby of Jupiter's moon Europa on Monday, NASA has extended the Galileo mission, once again. We probably plan to continue operations through the year 2000 and a little bit more. Details as to exactly how long the spacecraft will continue orbiting Jupiter and its many moons still have to be worked out, but NASA headquarters has agreed to keep Galileo going. This is the second time the mission has been extended since the spacecraft began its mission in December 1995. Disrupted ice crust on Europa caused by the pull of gravity from Jupiter and the planet's other moons in a process called tidal flexing.