... to give biology the kick start it needs for even the simplest organisms to form. The name Europa Clipper is a reference to the clipper ships – three-masted streamlined sailing vessels renowned for their grace and swiftness – that sailed...
...take on unique science missions but are not a substitute for the larger ‘flagship’ missions like Curiosity or Europa Clipper. Destinations So where can we reasonably expect to explore in our Solar System with smaller spacecraft? The Sun is an obvious...
... organics and possible biosignatures that might be detected with future missions, be they spacecraft that fly by or land on Europa.” With this information, Europa Clipper's mission team are now looking at routes that pass over many regions...
... irrefutable, they will help facilitate the two future planned missions to the ice world in 2022 – NASA’s Europa Clipper and the European Space Agency’s JUICE mission – whose aim is to determine whether the icy moon possesses...
...-covered world along with Ganymede, Callisto and now NASA has given the go-ahead for its Europa Clipper spacecraft to probe it too. But once at this water-rich world, how will scientists go about studying what...
...other worlds, such as on the Jovian moons, Europa and Enceladus. Researchers have long thought that life ...of hydrogen gas, it could help future missions such as NASA’s Europa Clipper and ESA’s JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - programme planned...