Europa Clipper is an interplanetary mission in development by NASA comprising an orbiter.
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Europa Clipper is an interplanetary mission in development by NASA comprising an orbiter.
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Europa Clipper has been identified as one of the locations in the Solar System that could possibly harbor microbial extraterrestrial life.
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Mission to Europa Clipper was recommended by the National Research Council in 2013.
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Goals of Europa Clipper are to explore Europa, investigate its habitability and aid in the selection of a landing site for the future Europa Lander.
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Therefore, another key limiting factor on science for a Europa Clipper orbiter is the time available to return data to Earth.
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Europa Clipper mission is equipped with a sophisticated suite of 9 instruments to study Europa's interior and ocean, geology, chemistry, and habitability.
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The principal investigator Kurt Retherford was part of a group that discovered plumes erupting from Europa Clipper while using the Hubble Space Telescope in the UV spectrum.
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Interior Characterization of Europa Clipper using Magnetometry was cancelled due to cost overruns.
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SUrface Dust Analyzer is a mass spectrometer that will measure the composition of small solid particles ejected from Europa Clipper, providing the opportunity to directly sample the surface and potential plumes on low-altitude flybys.
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Europa Clipper mission considered an extra mass of about 250 kilograms to carry an additional flight element.
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The Europa Clipper would have relayed signals from the nanosatellites back to Earth.
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European proposal, the Europa Clipper Tomography Probe, was a concept for an independent powered spacecraft equipped with a magnetometer that would orbit Europa Clipper on a polar orbit for at least six months.
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