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NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Purpose

.NASA will certainly store a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to give an upgrade on Europa Clipper, a mission that is going to study whether Jupiter's moon Europa could be congenial to lifestyle. The teleconference will develop after an essential choice aspect meeting earlier that day relating to upcoming steps for the purpose.Audio of the teleconference will definitely stream survive the organization's website at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Attendees in the tele-conference feature:.Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Scientific research Purpose Directorate, NASA Base.Laurie Leshin, center supervisor, NASA's Plane Power Lab.Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper course expert, NASA Main office.Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper job manager, NASA's Jet Power Laboratory.To request concerns during the course of the tele-conference, media should RSVP no later than two hours just before the event to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation plan is available online.Europa Clipper's primary science target is actually to find out whether there are locations below the area of Jupiter's icy moon that might support life. The purpose's goals are actually to comprehend the nature of Europa's ice covering and also the sea beneath it, along with to examine the moon's composition and also geography. A thorough expedition of Europa also will definitely assist astrobiologists better know the possibility for livable worlds beyond our planet.To read more concerning Europa Clipper, browse through:.https://europa.nasa.gov.- edge-.Karen Fox/ Molly WasserHeadquarters, Washington 202-358-1600karen.c.fox@nasa.gov / molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov.Gretchen McCartneyJet Power Research Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.818-393-6215gretchen.p.mccartney@jpl.nasa.gov.