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The spacecraft's payload will include cameras and spectrometers to produce high-resolution images and composition maps of Europa's surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior. The spacecraft will also carry a thermal instrument to pinpoint locations of warmer ice and perhaps recent eruptions of water, and instruments to measure the composition of tiny particles in the moon's thin atmosphere and surrounding space environment.
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Missions such as Europa Clipper contribute to the field of astrobiology, the interdisciplinary research field that studies the conditions of distant worlds that could harbor life as we know it. While Europa Clipper is not a life-detection mission, it will conduct a detailed exploration of Europa and investigate whether the icy moon, with its subsurface ocean, has the capability to support life. Understanding Europa’s habitability will help scientists better understand how life developed on Earth and the potential for finding life beyond our planet. 
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Europa orbits Jupiter at about 417,000 miles (671,000 kilometers) from the planet, which itself orbits the Sun at a distance of roughly 500 million miles (780 million kilometers), or 5.2 astronomical units (AU). One AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun.

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What is the Europa Clipper spacecraft? 

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will conduct a detailed survey of Jupiter's moon Europa to determine whether there are places below the surface that could support life. The spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, will make about 40 to 50 close passes over Europa, shifting its flight path for each flyby to soar over a different location so that it eventually scans nearly the entire moon. Learn more about the mission here. 

What will the Europa Clipper spacecraft do? 

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform dozens of close flybys of Europa, gathering detailed measurements to investigate whether the moon could have conditions suitable for life. Europa Clipper is not a life detection mission – its main science goal is to determine whether there are places below Europa’s surface that could support life.
During the prime mission, the spacecraft will perform approximately 50 flybys of Europa at closest-approach altitudes as low as 16 miles (25 kilometers) above the surface.

When will the Europa Clipper spacecraft launch? 

The Europa Clipper mission will launch in October 2024.

How long is the Europa Clipper mission? 

The Europa Clipper mission will launch in October 2024 and will arrive in 2030. The mission is currently planned to conduct four years of science observations at Europa.

Why Europa? 

Jupiter’s moon Europa shows strong evidence of an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust. Beyond Earth, Jupiter’s moon Europa is considered one of the most promising currently habitable environments in our solar system. Below Europa’s icy surface, evidence suggests there is a global ocean over twice the volume of Earth’s oceans combined.

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Europa Clipper, with its massive solar arrays and radar antennas, is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission. With its arrays deployed, the spacecraft spans more than 100 feet (30.5 meters).
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Europa Clipper’s orbit around Jupiter is preferable due to the belts of intense  radiation that surround the planet, which can damage electronics. Initial mission concept studies, which led to the Europa Clipper mission, showed that a spacecraft orbiting Europa might only be able to survive for months, while a Jupiter-orbiting mission should have a multi-year lifetime. The innovative design of the Europa Clipper trajectory allows about 50 flybys of Europa, each with a different close approach location, to allow almost the complete moon to be mapped at high resolution. After each close approach, the spacecraft travels outside of Jupiter’s radiation belts to downlink data, uplink new commands, and prepare for the next flyby. 

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