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NASA Invites Media to Review Europa Clipper Purpose

.NASA will definitely keep a media tele-conference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to supply an update on Europa Clipper, an objective that will examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa could be welcoming to life. The tele-conference will occur after a key choice factor appointment previously that time pertaining to next steps for the objective.Sound of the teleconference will certainly flow live on the organization's website at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Participants in the tele-conference feature:.Nicola Fox, associate manager, Scientific research Mission Directorate, NASA Head Office.Laurie Leshin, center director, NASA's Jet Power Lab.Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper plan expert, NASA Main office.Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper project manager, NASA's Plane Power Laboratory.To request concerns during the course of the tele-conference, media have to RSVP no later than pair of hrs before the event to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation plan is actually available online.Europa Dog clipper's primary science target is to identify whether there are places beneath the area of Jupiter's icy moon that could assist life. The purpose's goals are to recognize the nature of Europa's ice covering and also the sea below it, along with to analyze the moon's arrangement and also geology. A detailed exploration of Europa also will certainly aid astrobiologists a lot better understand the capacity for habitable worlds to come our world.To find out more concerning Europa Clipper, visit:.https://europa.nasa.gov.- end-.Karen Fox/ Molly WasserHeadquarters, Washington 202-358-1600karen.c.fox@nasa.gov / molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov.Gretchen McCartneyJet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, Calif.818-393-6215gretchen.p.mccartney@jpl.nasa.gov.