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NASA Welcomes Media to Go Over Europa Dog Clipper Purpose

.NASA is going to store a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an improve on Europa Clipper, a goal that will certainly research whether Jupiter's moon Europa might be friendly to life. The tele-conference is going to take place after an essential choice aspect meeting earlier that day concerning next steps for the mission.Sound of the teleconference are going to stream survive on the company's website at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Participants in the tele-conference feature:.Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Scientific research Purpose Directorate, NASA Head Office.Laurie Leshin, center supervisor, NASA's Plane Propulsion Laboratory.Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper program expert, NASA Base.Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper venture supervisor, NASA's Plane Power Laboratory.To ask questions throughout the teleconference, media need to RSVP absolutely no behind two hrs before the activity to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification policy is actually on call online.Europa Clipper's main science goal is to figure out whether there are actually spots under the surface area of Jupiter's icy moon that could possibly assist life. The goal's objectives are to comprehend the attribute of Europa's ice layer and also the ocean below it, along with to study the moon's composition and also geology. A thorough expedition of Europa also will certainly assist astrobiologists a lot better recognize the possibility for habitable worlds beyond our planet.To learn more regarding Europa Clipper, browse through:.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.