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NASA Welcomes Media to Review Europa Clipper Mission

.NASA is going to keep a media tele-conference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to supply an improve on Europa Clipper, a goal that will certainly analyze whether Jupiter's moon Europa could be hospitable to lifestyle. The tele-conference will definitely happen after a crucial choice factor appointment earlier that day relating to following steps for the mission.Audio of the teleconference are going to flow survive on the firm's website at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Attendees in the tele-conference consist of:.Nicola Fox, associate supervisor, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Main Office.Laurie Leshin, facility director, NASA's Jet Power Laboratory.Curt Niebur, Europa Dog clipper system scientist, NASA Company headquaters.Jordan Evans, Europa Dog clipper venture supervisor, NASA's Plane Propulsion Laboratory.To request questions in the course of the teleconference, media must RSVP no later than two hours before the occasion to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification plan is actually on call online.Europa Clipper's main science target is actually to establish whether there are actually locations below the surface of Jupiter's icy moon that might assist lifestyle. The purpose's purposes are to comprehend the attributes of Europa's ice covering and also the ocean under it, as well as to analyze the moon's arrangement and geology. An in-depth exploration of Europa likewise are going to aid astrobiologists better recognize the potential for livable worlds beyond our world.To learn more about Europa Clipper, go to:.https://europa.nasa.gov.- end-.Karen Fox/ Molly WasserHeadquarters, Washington 202-358-1600karen.c.fox@nasa.gov / molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov.Gretchen McCartneyJet Power Lab, Pasadena, Calif.818-393-6215gretchen.p.mccartney@jpl.nasa.gov.