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NASA Welcomes Media to Talk About Europa Dog Clipper Purpose

.NASA will certainly hold a media tele-conference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to deliver an update on Europa Dog clipper, a mission that will definitely study whether Jupiter's moon Europa might be friendly to life. The teleconference will certainly occur after an essential decision point conference earlier that day pertaining to upcoming actions for the purpose.Sound of the tele-conference will certainly stream survive the agency's internet site at:.https://www.nasa.gov/live.Attendees in the tele-conference feature:.Nicola Fox, associate manager, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Head Office.Laurie Leshin, center supervisor, NASA's Plane Propulsion Lab.Curt Niebur, Europa Dog clipper program researcher, NASA Base of operations.Jordan Evans, Europa Clipper project supervisor, NASA's Jet Power Laboratory.To request questions during the course of the tele-conference, media need to RSVP no beyond 2 hours just before the event to Molly Wasser at: molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov. NASA's media certification policy is offered online.Europa Clipper's major scientific research objective is actually to identify whether there are areas below the area of Jupiter's icy moon that might support lifestyle. The purpose's purposes are actually to comprehend the attribute of Europa's ice covering and also the ocean below it, in addition to to study the moon's arrangement as well as geography. A detailed expedition of Europa also will certainly assist astrobiologists better understand the ability for habitable worlds beyond our world.To get more information regarding Europa Dog clipper, go to:.https://europa.nasa.gov.- end-.Karen Fox/ Molly WasserHeadquarters, Washington 202-358-1600karen.c.fox@nasa.gov / molly.l.wasser@nasa.gov.Gretchen McCartneyJet Power Research Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.818-393-6215gretchen.p.mccartney@jpl.nasa.gov.