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NASA Welcomes Media to Explain Europa Clipper Purpose

.NASA will definitely store a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to offer an upgrade on Europa Clipper, an objective that will certainly study whether Jupiter's moon Europa could be friendly to lifestyle. The teleconference is going to take place after a vital selection point meeting previously that time regarding following steps for the mission.Sound of the tele-conference will definitely stream reside on the organization's site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Participants in the teleconference consist of:.Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Central Office.Laurie Leshin, center supervisor, NASA's Plane Propulsion Research laboratory.Curt Niebur, Europa Clipper system expert, NASA Base of operations.Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper job supervisor, NASA's Jet Power Lab.To request questions during the tele-conference, media have to RSVP absolutely no behind 2 hrs prior to the celebration to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation policy is actually available online.Europa Clipper's main science objective is actually to establish whether there are areas beneath the area of Jupiter's icy moon that could assist lifestyle. The objective's purposes are to comprehend the attributes of Europa's ice covering and the sea under it, along with to study the moon's arrangement and geology. A comprehensive expedition of Europa likewise will definitely help astrobiologists a lot better comprehend the possibility for livable worlds beyond our world.To get more information regarding 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 Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, Calif.818-393-6215gretchen.p.mccartney@jpl.nasa.gov.