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The Night Sky Network welcomed Dr Cynthia Phillips of JPL on July 18, 2023. NASA's Europa Clipper will conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life. About Europa Clipper: Europa Clipper is a NASA mission that will launch in October 2024 to visit Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa. Learn all about Europa and the Europa Clipper mission, as well as how to observe Europa in the night sky and how to sign on to our “Message in a Bottle” to join the mission! Dr. Cynthia Phillips is a planetary geologist at NASA JPL. Her background is in surface processes on icy satellites, and she is an expert in image processing. She is a project staff scientist on Europa Clipper, as well as the Project Science Communications Lead. Dr. Phillips has an undergraduate degree in astronomy & astrophysics, and physics, from Harvard, and a PhD in Planetary Science with a minor in Geoscience from the University of Arizona. NASA's Clipper Mission: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/europa-clipper Join the Europa Message in a Bottle Campaign and send your name on the Clipper Mission: https://europa.nasa.gov/participate Night Sky Network https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov Astronomical Society of the Pacific https://astrosociety.org

Watch live as NASA's next outer solar system mission, Europa Clipper, is built and tested in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. NASA's Europa Clipper mission will perform dozens of close flybys of Jupiter’s moon Europa, gathering detailed measurements to investigate whether the moon could have conditions suitable for life. More about the mission and what we hope to learn about this intriguing world: https://europa.nasa.gov/why-europa/europa-up-close/ You are viewing activities in High Bay 1, a clean room at JPL. The hardware in the right corner of the room is the main body of the Europa Clipper spacecraft. It consists of the propulsion module, measuring 10 feet (3 meters) long and 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide, which is integrated with electronics, radios, thermal loop tubing, cabling, and the spacecraft’s propulsion system. At the near end of the propulsion module is the spacecraft's avionics vault, which will protect sensitive electronic components from the harsh radiation environment near Jupiter. The large, circular object atop the assembly is the spacecraft's main antenna dish. You can see what the completed spacecraft will look like using this 3D model: https://europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/meet-europa-clipper/ Additional Europa Clipper assembly operations are taking place in clean rooms at JPL and at partner institutions across the United States. For more about the mission, visit https://europa.nasa.gov To learn more about the spacecraft’s assembly, visit https://europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/assembly All chats are moderated. Inappropriate language or posts that harass other individuals will be removed. - Use respectful language - Protect your private information - No spam, sexually explicit or discriminatory material - Stay on topic

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NASA's next outer solar system mission, Europa Clipper, will gather detailed measurements of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists think the intriguing moon may contain a salty ocean below a miles-thick ice shell, and the Europa Clipper mission - which is scheduled for launch in 2024 - will investigate whether it could have conditions suitable for life. Join us Sept 28th at 1:00 pm PT for a live Q&A from JPL's High Bay 1 clean room and see Europa Clipper up close in the early stages of assembly. We'll discuss what we want to learn from Europa and what kind of instruments we will use to explore it with project staff scientist Cynthia Phillips and project system engineer Jennifer Dooley. ✨ For more about the mission, visit: https://europa.nasa.gov 🚀 To learn more about the spacecraft’s assembly (plus watch a live cam of the clean room), visit: https://europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/assembly

After years of design and construction, two cross-country trips and thousands of hours of labor, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has delivered NASA's Europa Clipper propulsion module — the spacecraft's “workhorse" — and its radio frequency module to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for integration with the remainder of the spacecraft. At about 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 5 feet (1.5 meters) in diameter, Europa Clipper’s propulsion module comprises about two-thirds of the spacecraft’s main body. It’s effectively the backbone, carrying its own electronics system and thermal control, and anchoring the spacecraft's telecommunications subsystem. The completed structure was shipped May 31 from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to JPL, marking a major milestone for the team developing the largest spacecraft ever for a NASA planetary mission.

Europa Clipper is a planned NASA mission orbiting Jupiter and is equipped with scientific instruments for studying Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. A vast ocean is thought to exist beneath the frozen surface of Europa. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdgpfQ5snGKcP-eqoVXI0pw/join SUBSCRIBE ► https://goo.gl/PLLFPz ---- Website ► https://cosmoknowledge.com/ Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/itscosmoknowledge Facebook ► https://facebook.com/cosmoknowledge TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@cosmoknowledge Twitter ► https://twitter.com/cosmoknowledge Produced & Edited by: Ardit Bicaj Written by: Nicole Amondi Narrated by: Russell Archey https://www.ravonmedia.com/ Graphics: Space Engine iStock.com NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center envato.com NASA/JPL-Caltech Arizona State University Music: ES_Leaps - Jay Varton Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en A big thank you to our lovely members: Joseph Pacchetti - Cosmoknowledge brings news from space. We love you, explorers!

Observations of Jupiter's icy moon Europa from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the presence of persistent water vapor — but, mysteriously, only in one hemisphere. Europa harbors a vast ocean underneath its icy surface, which might offer conditions hospitable for life. This result advances astronomers' understanding of the atmospheric structure of icy moons, and it helps lay the groundwork for planned science missions to the Jovian system to, in part, explore whether an environment half-a-billion miles from the Sun could support life. For more information, visit https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/hubble-finds-evidence-of-persistent-water-vapor-in-one-hemisphere-of-europa. Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris: Lead Producer Additional credits: Artist’s Impressions of a Water Atmosphere on Europa: ESA/Hubble, J. da Silva Galileo Spacecraft’s Image of Europa: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute Music: "Maps of Deception" by Idriss-El-Mehdi Bennani [SACEM], Olivier Louis Perrot [SACEM], and Philippe Andre Vandenhende [SACEM] via Sound Pocket Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13966. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, individual imagery provided by ESA (the European Space Agency) is obtained through permission. Their own media guidelines must be adhered to in its use. The music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13966. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines. See more Hubble videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuUQ9asub3Ta8mqP5LNiOhOygRzue8kN Follow NASA's Hubble Space Telescope: · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAHubble · Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASAHubble · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NASAHubble · Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahubble --- If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/NASAGoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

On July 23, 2021, SpaceX announced that NASA has selected the Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the Europa Clipper mission in 2024. The spacecraft will study Jupiter's moon Europa. Full Story: https://www.space.com/nasa-picks-spacex-falcon-heavy-for-europa-clipper-launch Credit: Space.com | footage & animation: SpaceX / NASA/JPL-Caltech | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)

NASA is planning to send a probe to Europa – a world that shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust which could host conditions favorable for life. Learn more: EUROPA (JUPITER MOON) https://www.spacetv.net/europa-jupiter-moon/ EUROPA CLIPPER (NASA SPACECRAFT) https://www.spacetv.net/europa-clipper-spacecraft/ PLANET JUPITER https://www.spacetv.net/jupiter/ Written and edited for SPACETV by Thomas Walker https://twmediacreations.wixsite.com/tw-media-creations https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-walker-a5176286/ Sources: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/europa/overview/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/europa/in-depth/ https://europa.nasa.gov/europa/life-ingredients/ https://europa.nasa.gov/news/29/nasas-europa-clipper-builds-hardware-moves-toward-assembly/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/aquatic-rover-goes-for-a-drive-under-the-ice Credits: NASA/JPL NASA Goddard NASA/JPL-Caltech Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/SPACETVnet​​ Join us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/spacetv.net​​ SPACETV.NET 2021

Lecture Starts at 23:10 Join PSW Science® on March 19th at 8 PM as we welcome Kate Craft, Planetary Scientist at Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Kate will discuss NASA's Clipper mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter. For more information, please see the meeting website: https://pswscience.org/meeting/2437/

NASA scientist Kevin Hand discusses the search for life in the Solar System, and why the subsurface oceans of icy moons are some of the most promising places to look.

Europa Clipper Project System Engineer Jennifer Dooley discusses NASA’s outer planets flagship mission. Full episode: https://go.nasa.gov/2TAy1st Follow our social media accounts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASA_APPEL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAappel

The perfect conditions for alien life might be hidden under the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. And a new mission from NASA plans to send the Europa Clipper to explore. » Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist The search for extraterrestrial life extends into the far reaches of the galaxy and while there are several distant candidate exoplanets, the most promising destination for alien life might be right in our celestial backyard. The perfect conditions for alien life could be hidden under the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon, Europa. And since Europa is in our solar system, we can actually visit Jupiter’s moon. A new mission from NASA just got the green light to proceed with building an in-depth, investigative orbiter named Europa Clipper. Europa Clipper will be the first time we send a spacecraft to a moon other than our own, and perhaps, uncover that we might not be alone in the universe. NASA has reason to believe that Europa is potentially habitable as a result of the information sent over from the Hubble Space Telescope and from other previous space missions that took measurements of the moon’s surface while passing by. And from one of these flybys, the strongest piece of evidence of Europa’s ocean emerged. Life as we know it needs at least three requirements: liquid water, the right chemical elements, and an energy source. And while this icy world has water, and possible elements, it’s been hard to nail down an energy source on Europa, but NASA’s Europa Clipper orbiter is prepared to find it. Learn more about the Europa Clipper, one of the most ambitious missions ever attempted by NASA, and how this mission could change our perspective of life in the universe forever on this episode of Elements. Read More: Europa Clipper's Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Confirmed https://www.nasa.gov/feature/europa-clippers-mission-to-jupiter-s-icy-moon-confirmed "The mission will conduct an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's moon, Europa, and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life, honing our insights into astrobiology. To develop this mission in the most cost-effective fashion, NASA is targeting to have the Europa Clipper spacecraft complete and ready for launch as early as 2023." Europa https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/europa/in-depth/ "Scientists think Europa’s ice shell is 10 to 15 miles (15 to 25 kilometers) thick, floating on an ocean 40 to 100 miles (60 to 150 kilometers) deep. So while Europa is only one-fourth the diameter of Earth, its ocean may contain twice as much water as all of Earth’s oceans combined." Europa Clipper Instruments https://europa.nasa.gov/about-clipper/instruments/ "An ice penetrating radar will determine the thickness of the moon's icy shell and search for subsurface lakes similar to those beneath Antarctica. The mission also will carry a magnetometer to measure strength and direction of the moon's magnetic field, which will allow scientists to determine the depth and salinity of its ocean." ____________________ Countdown to Launch takes a deep dive into upcoming space missions from around the world. We interview the people involved and explore the science, innovation and technology that makes them possible. Seeker empowers the curious to understand the science shaping our world. We tell award-winning stories about the natural forces and groundbreaking innovations that impact our lives, our planet, and our universe. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Elements on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerElements/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

We have a slew of launches, arrivals and departures this week including a test flight from SpaceX! I believe that means that Jared lost a bet with me! Jared also gets super excited about Europa Clipper becoming even more real, Lisa joins us from New Zealand to talk about Australia possibly joining ESA and of course we have the Space Weather Woman Dr. Tamith Skov giving us an update on our local star!

Mars is the place that most of our spacecraft, landers and rovers are studying, searching for any evidence that life ever existed somewhere else in the Solar System. But talk to planetary scientists, and they’re just as excited about the ocean worlds of the Solar System; the moons, asteroids, dwarf planets and Kuiper Belt objects where there could be vast oceans of liquid water under thick shells of ice. The perfect environment for life to thrive. We’ve only had tantalizing hints that these oceans are there, but NASA is building a spacecraft that will study one of these worlds in detail: the Europa Clipper. And they’re not the only ones. The European Space Agency is building their own mission, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. Our Book is out! https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/ Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio What Fraser's Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Instagram - https://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / [email protected] Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - [email protected] References: https://europa.nasa.gov/about-europa/ocean/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/overview/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6772 https://europa.nasa.gov/about-clipper/instruments/ https://spacenews.com/europa-or-enceladus-if-nasa-switches-from-sls-to-falcon-heavy-it-wont-have-to-choose/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7122 https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20190522/109552/HMKP-116-AP00-20190522-SD002.pdf https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/without-champion-europa-lander-falls-nasa-s-back-burner https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/10/18075556/jupiter-moon-europa-lander-nasa-john-culberson-midterms-life https://newatlas.com/europa-giant-ice-spikes/56704/ http://sci.esa.int/juice/49837-juice-assessment-study-report-yellow-book/# http://sci.esa.int/juice/50068-science-objectives/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/ganymede/in-depth/ http://sci.esa.int/juice/61415-arianespace-and-esa-announce-jupiter-icy-moons-explorer-launch-contract/

NASA Night Sky Network members joined us on October 16, 2018 to hear Robert Pappalardo bring us up to date on the Europa Clipper mission. Jupiter's moon Europa may be a habitable world.  Galileo spacecraft data suggest that a global ocean exists beneath its frozen ice surface. A scarcity of large craters argues for a young surface and recent geological activity, and magnetometry implies that a salty ocean persists today. Europa's ocean and surface are inherently linked: tidal deformation of the floating ice shell could generate stresses that fracture and deform the surface to create ridges and bands, while dark spots, domes, and chaos are probably related to tidally driven ice convection and partial melting. Europa's activity may permit the "ingredients" necessary for life – water, chemistry, and energy – to be present within the satellite's ocean. NASA is planning a robotic mission to explore Europa and investigate its habitability, employing a highly capable suite of remote sensing and in situ instruments on a spacecraft that will make multiple close flybys.   The Europa Clipper mission will interrogate the moon’s ice shell, ocean, composition, and geology including any current activity.  This talk will summarize both our state of knowledge about Europa and the science potential of the Europa Clipper mission to explore Europa and investigate its habitability.  About Robert Pappalardo Dr. Robert Pappalardo is the Project Scientist for NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.  He has also served as the Project Scientist for the Cassini Equinox (first extended) Mission at Saturn, for which he received NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal.  He has served as a member of the National Research Council’s Space Studies Board and as Co-Chair of its Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life. He received his B.A. in Geological Sciences from Cornell University in 1986, and he obtained his Ph.D. in Geology from Arizona State University in 1994. His research focuses on processes that have shaped the icy satellites of the outer solar system, especially Europa and the role of its probable subsurface ocean.

See highlights from Dr. Robert Pappalardo of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's recent visit to All Space Considered. Dr. Pappalardo discussed the lure of Europa and described the upcoming Europa Clipper mission for which he is the Project Scientist. Subscribe now for more All Space Considered clips: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=griffithobservatory All Space Considered is Griffith Observatory’s live science program that is free and open to the public, held the first Friday of every month. Watch All Space Considered videos: https://www.youtube.com/griffithobservatory Learn more about All Space Considered on our official site: http://griffithobservatory.org/asc/all_space.html Follow All Space Considered on SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/allspacecnsdrd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllSpaceConsidered/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allspaceconsidered/ -Disclaimer- WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE, VIDEOS, MUSICAL MATERIAL OR PICTURES PRESENT THAT WERE NOT CREATED DIRECTLY BY GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY OR ITS AFFILIATES, ALL CREDIT FOR THIS MATERIAL GOES TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS, CREATORS AND COMPOSERS. Fair Use: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

Dr. Robert Pappalardo of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory visits All Space Considered to discuss the lure of Europa and describe the upcoming Europa Clipper mission for which he is the Project Scientist. Subscribe now for more All Space Considered clips: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=griffithobservatory All Space Considered is Griffith Observatory’s live science program that is free and open to the public, held the first Friday of every month. Watch All Space Considered videos: https://www.youtube.com/griffithobservatory Learn more about All Space Considered on our official site: http://griffithobservatory.org/asc/all_space.html Follow All Space Considered on SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://twitter.com/allspacecnsdrd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllSpaceConsidered/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allspaceconsidered/ -Disclaimer- WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE, VIDEOS, MUSICAL MATERIAL OR PICTURES PRESENT THAT WERE NOT CREATED DIRECTLY BY GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY OR ITS AFFILIATES, ALL CREDIT FOR THIS MATERIAL GOES TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS, CREATORS AND COMPOSERS. Fair Use: "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

Join Griffith Observatory's All Space Considered as we welcome Dr. Robert Pappalardo, Project Scientist for Europa Clipper at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. Pappalardo's research focuses on processes that have shaped the icy satellites of the outer solar system, especially Europa and the role of its probable subsurface ocean. Dr. Pappalardo walks us through the next mission to Jupiter, Europa Clipper. The LiveStream broadcast will begin as All Space Considered begins at 7:30 p.m., PDT.

Robert Pappalardo - Project Scientist, Europa Clipper, JPL From the 20th Annual International Mars Society Convention, held at University of California Irvine from Sept 7-10, 2017. The four-day International Mars Society Convention brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political-economic developments that could help pave the way for a human mission to the planet Mars.