most promising environments is underway.
Jupiter鈥檚 moon Europa, launched on Monday from NASA鈥檚 Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Europa Clipper will serve as the organization鈥檚 first spacecraft dedicated to studying an ice-covered ocean world in our solar system.
moon could be habitable for life as we know it. The spacecraft will carry nine instruments and a gravity experiment intended to investigate the ocean beneath Europa鈥檚 thick ice shell.
The moon鈥檚 ocean is estimated to contain twice as much liquid water as Earth鈥檚 oceans.
David W. Brown is the author 鈥淭he Mission.鈥� His book chronicles the quest to study this remarkable celestial body.
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