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NASA will launch the Clipper probe on the 14th of this month to explore Europa's icy surface and look for signs of life.
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in 1995 using the Hubble Space Telescope
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scientists made a groundbreaking
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observation of Jupiter's moon Europa
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they discovered intriguing details about
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its unusual atmosphere the data revealed
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that Europa is covered by an icy surface
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with an ocean lying beneath it which is
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estimated to be twice the size of
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Earth's total water reserves making it a
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prime candidate for potentially
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harboring life in its hidden depths
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since this remarkable Discovery
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astronomers have continued to study
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Europa intensively
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and NASA has started preparing a mission
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to explore its surface in search of
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signs of Life ladies and gentlemen the
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mission is officially ready for liftoff
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NASA has scheduled the launch for
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October 14th of this month in this
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mission NASA will send a spacecraft
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which they named Clipper to orbit Europa
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the mission's main objectives are to
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understand the nature of the ice shell
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and the ocean beneath Europa along with
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its composition and geology NASA's
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Clipper spacecraft will perform dozens
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of close fly of Jupiter's moon Europa
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Gathering detailed measurements to
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investigate the moon the closest flyby
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over Europa will be at an altitudes as
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low as 16 M 25 km above the surface
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Clippers design it is by far the largest
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spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a
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planetary Mission the spacecraft has
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large solar arrays to collect enough
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light for its power needs as it operates
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in the Jupiter system which is more than
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five times as far from the Sun as Earth
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the spacecraft is 16 ft or 5 m in height
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with its arrays deployed 100 ft or 30.5
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M long and has a mass of
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7,145 lb or
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3,241 kg Europa Clippers payload and
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other electronics will be enclosed in a
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thick walled Vault made of titanium and
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aluminum to protect it from the
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radiations emitted from Jupiter which
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can degrade its Electronics quickly the
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spacecraft is equipped with cameras and
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spectrometers to produce highresolution
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images and composition maps of europ
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surface and thin atmosphere and an ice
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penetrating radar to search for
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subsurface water it also has thermal
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instrument to pinpoint locations of
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warmer ice and perhaps recent eruptions
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of water the mission's detailed
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exploration of Europa will help
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scientists better understand the
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astrobiological potential for habitable
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worlds beyond our planet in this vast
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Cosmos so let's keep our fingers crossed
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and hope Clipper will find life in the
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depths of europa's ocean thanks for
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