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NASA Welcomes Media to Go Over Europa Dog Clipper Purpose

.NASA will certainly hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to offer an update on Europa Dog clipper, a mission that is going to examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa could be friendly to life. The teleconference is going to develop after a key choice point appointment earlier that day concerning next measures for the purpose.Sound of the teleconference will certainly stream survive on the firm's site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Attendees in the tele-conference consist of:.Nicola Fox, associate manager, Scientific research Mission Directorate, NASA Base.Laurie Leshin, facility supervisor, NASA's Plane Power Laboratory.Curt Niebur, Europa Dog clipper program researcher, NASA Head office.Jordan Evans, Europa Dog clipper project supervisor, NASA's Jet Propulsion Research laboratory.To ask inquiries during the course of the teleconference, media must RSVP absolutely no later than 2 hours just before the event to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media accreditation policy is available online.Europa Clipper's principal science goal is actually to figure out whether there are locations under the area of Jupiter's icy moon that might assist lifestyle. The goal's purposes are to know the attribute of Europa's ice layer and the ocean below it, in addition to to analyze the moon's composition and geology. A detailed expedition of Europa additionally will certainly aid astrobiologists a lot better know the potential for livable worlds to come our earth.To find out more about Europa Dog 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 Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.818-393-6215gretchen.p.mccartney@jpl.nasa.gov.