NASA Invites Media
to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission
Sept. 6, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY: M24-124
Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an
update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will occur after
a key decision point meeting
earlier that day regarding next steps for the mission.
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website at:
Participants in the teleconference include:
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Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
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Laurie Leshin, center director, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper program scientist, NASA Headquarters
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Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper project manager, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
To ask questions during the teleconference, media must RSVP no later than two hours before the event to Molly Wasser at:
molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA’s
media accreditation policy
is available online.
Europa Clipper’s main science goal is to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon that could support life. The mission’s objectives
are to understand the nature of Europa’s ice shell and the ocean beneath it, as well as to study the moon’s composition and geology. A detailed exploration of Europa also will help astrobiologists better understand the potential for habitable worlds beyond
our planet.
To learn more about Europa Clipper, visit:
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