Evidence for an Ocean | Why Europa – NASA's Europa Clipper
WEBVoyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter occurred in March 1979, with Voyager 2 following in July of the same year. The best imaging resolution of the Voyagers was limited to just …
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This image of Miranda, obtained by Voyager 2 on approach, shows an …
How Jupiter Moon Europa's Underground Ocean Was …
WEBFeb 12, 2013 · A month after the Io flyby, Voyager 1 came within several hundred thousand miles of Europa, though its trajectory was planned to …
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Are Water Plumes Spraying From Europa? NASA’s …
WEBNov 30, 2021 · This composite image shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting from Jupiter’s moon Europa. The image of the plume was made from data collected by NASA’s Hubble’s Space Telescope …
In Depth – NASA's Europa Clipper
- Six robotic spacecraft have explored Europa, but most of what we know comes from three of them: NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the Galileo orbiter and the Hubble Space Telescope. The Voyager 2 spacecraft provided the first images close enough to reveal that Europa's surface is crossed by ridges and cracks, and hinted that Europa might be geologically...
In Depth | Europa – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBVoyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter occurred on March 4, 1979. The spacecraft snapped a full global image of Europa from a distance of about 1.2 million miles (2 …
NASA’s Europa Clipper—a mission to a potentially habitable ocean …
WEBMar 11, 2020 · With a launch date no later than 2025, NASA will return with the Europa Clipper mission to characterize Europa’s potential habitability by examining its ice shell …
History | Mission – NASA's Europa Clipper
WEBMarch 5, 1979. Voyager 1 Flyby. The two Voyager spacecraft gave us the first detailed images of Europa. Voyager 1 did not get close enough to Europa to obtain very high-resolution images, but the quality was good …
Does Jupiter’s moon Europa have a habitable ocean, or not?
WEBMar 26, 2024 · Jupiter’s moon Europa has fascinated scientists and the public alike ever since Voyager 1 and 2 found the first hints of a global subsurface ocean in 1979. …
Astronomers Get Ready to Probe Europa’s Hidden Ocean for Life
WEBOct 6, 2021 8:00 AM. Astronomers Get Ready to Probe Europa’s Hidden Ocean for Life. Jupiter’s most enigmatic moon, one of a few ocean worlds in the solar system, will be …
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