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Europa Clipper: Nasa’s ocean world mission gets launch date – BBC News
A mission to study a moon that could be home to extra-terrestrial life has been given a launch date.
By Paul RinconScience editor, BBC News website
image captionThe spacecraft should now arrive in the Jupiter system by 2030
A mission to study a moon of Jupiter that could be home to extra-terrestrial life has been given a launch date.
Nasa is sending a spacecraft to the icy world of Europa, which holds an ocean under its frozen outer shell.
Scientists have long regarded the moon as one of the most promising targets in the search for life elsewhere in our Solar System.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft…
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