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NASA Welcomes Media to Cover Europa Dog Clipper Objective

.NASA will certainly keep a media tele-conference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to offer an improve on Europa Clipper, a purpose that will certainly examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa might be hospitable to life. The tele-conference will definitely happen after a crucial selection factor appointment previously that time concerning upcoming measures for the mission.Sound of the tele-conference are going to flow survive on the agency's internet site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Attendees in the teleconference consist of:.Nicola Fox, associate supervisor, Science Goal Directorate, NASA Base Of Operations.Laurie Leshin, facility director, NASA's Plane Propulsion Research laboratory.Curt Niebur, Europa Dog clipper program expert, NASA Main office.Jordan Evans, Europa Dog clipper job supervisor, NASA's Plane Propulsion Lab.To ask concerns in the course of the tele-conference, media have to RSVP no later than 2 hours just before the event to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation policy is on call online.Europa Clipper's main scientific research objective is actually to figure out whether there are actually places beneath the area of Jupiter's icy moon that can sustain life. The purpose's objectives are to understand the nature of Europa's ice shell and also the sea underneath it, in addition to to examine the moon's composition as well as geology. A comprehensive exploration of Europa likewise will definitely assist astrobiologists better understand the capacity for habitable worlds to come our earth.To find out more regarding Europa Clipper, go to:.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.