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NASA’s highly anticipated mission to Europa in the next decade may be just the beginning of an ambitious campaign to study the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon.
In the early to mid-2020s, NASA plans to launch a mission that will conduct dozens of flybys of Europa, which many astrobiologists regard as the solar system’s best bet to host life beyond Earth. Space agency officials hope this effort paves the way for future missions to Europa —including one that lands on the icy moon to search for signs of life.
“You gotta figure, if the first one works, then we’re going to go to Europa again,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said late last month during a media event at the Los Angeles facility of aerospace company Aerojet Rocketdyne. Read more…
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