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NASA Invites Media to Go Over Europa Dog Clipper Purpose

.NASA will certainly hold a media tele-conference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an update on Europa Dog clipper, a mission that will analyze whether Jupiter's moon Europa might be congenial to lifestyle. The teleconference is going to occur after a vital decision point appointment earlier that time pertaining to following steps for the purpose.Sound of the teleconference will certainly stream survive the company's internet site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Participants in the tele-conference feature:.Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Scientific research Goal Directorate, NASA Headquarters.Laurie Leshin, facility supervisor, NASA's Plane Propulsion Laboratory.Curt Niebur, Europa Dog clipper system researcher, NASA Headquarters.Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper job manager, NASA's Plane Propulsion Laboratory.To request concerns in the course of the tele-conference, media have to RSVP zero behind 2 hours just before the celebration to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation plan is readily available online.Europa Dog clipper's major science target is to identify whether there are actually locations under the area of Jupiter's icy moon that could possibly assist lifestyle. The mission's purposes are to comprehend the attributes of Europa's ice layer as well as the ocean below it, as well as to study the moon's arrangement and also geology. A thorough exploration of Europa also will certainly aid astrobiologists better understand the potential for habitable worlds to come our world.To read more regarding Europa Dog clipper, see:.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 Research Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.818-393-6215gretchen.p.mccartney@jpl.nasa.gov.