Ss:Europa

Solar System Scratchpad [Boiler Plate]

Smooth and bright moon of Jupiter. Its surface is covered with linear grooves, possibly cracks in a frozen ocean. One of most likely places to find life outside of Earth.

Europa Web Sites

Space Blogger

• Go Flagship Class By Jove
• To Land Or Orbit Is The Question About Europa
• Spaceships Or Flagships For Science Or Glory
• NASA Contemplates Future Trips To Europa And Neptune
• Sending The Flag Sometimes Take A Big Space Ship

Europa Missions in the News

Galileo in the News

Unmasking Europa Book Supports Thin Crust Theory(Dec 2008)

• http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/2969/unmasking-europa

Pluto Express in the News

Europa-Rise Over Jupiter Photographed (May 2007)

New Horizons images a crescent Europa rising over the giant limb of Jupiter.
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/overview/piPerspectives/piPerspective_current.php http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/gallery/missionPhotos/pages/050107/050107_01.html

Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) in the News

Mission comprising of the JEO (Jupiter Europa Orbiter, NASA) and the JGO (Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter, ESA)

Launch by 2020, reach Jupiter by 2026

About to Choose Between Saturn and Jupiter Missions (Jan 2009)

See Jupiter, Europa, Ganymede, Saturn, Titan, Enceladus

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7842254.stm

Europa Mission Chosen (Feb 2009)

See Jupiter, Europa, Ganymede, Saturn, Titan, Enceladus

• http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/37890
• http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/19/nation/na-europa19
• http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPHGWX3RF_index_0.html
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/18/AR2009021802497.html
• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/18outerplanets/index2.html
• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/18outerplanets/index2.html
• http://www.space.com/news/090218-nasa-esa-outer-planet-missions.html
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16626-europa-trumps-titan-in-bid-for-outer-planet-mission.html

Cooperation Between NASA and ESA (Feb 2011)

See also Europa, Ganymede, Io, Callisto, Jupiter

• http://www.space.com/10788-ambitious-mission-probe-depths-jupiters-icy-moons.html
• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/07/6005885-scientists-to-probe-for-life-on-jupiters-moons

Priority Report from the National Research Council (Mar 2011)

See also Ganymede, Uranus, Mars

• http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=13117
• http://www.space.com/11061-nasa-planetary-science-mars-jupiter-missions.html
• http://www.spacenews.com/civil/20110318-money-woes-batter-planetary-budget.html
• http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/17flagship/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12676289
• http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_ea86033b-9f33-5081-841a-4aaa6aae4052.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/us-space-usa-future-idUSTRE7266XJ20110308
• http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/70737/title/The_best_next_space_missions_
• http://www.planetary.org/about/press/releases/2011/0307_Planetary_Society_Statement_on_the.html - Planetary Society's Statement
• http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110303-doubt-europa-mission.html - Focus on Europa
• http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110304-nasa-flagship-probes-back-burner.html
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20216-nasa-should-bring-mars-rocks-back-to-earth-says-panel.html
• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/07/6212512-outlook-dims-for-interplanetary-trips

NASA Decadal Survey Town Hall Approaching (Apr 2011)

See also Mars, Uranus, Enceladus, Venus

• http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22118.aspx
• http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1815/1

Europa Mission's Pricetag Seems Like Show Stopper (Jun 2011)

See Mercury for Messenger, Moon for GRAIL, Titan for Titan Mare Explorer

• http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110623/full/news.2011.381.html

Landing Spots on Europa Identified (Aug 2009)

• http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327222.700-landing-sites-on-europa-identified.html

Europa Studies in the News

Robotic Exploration of Sinkhole Prepares For Europa (May 2007)

Clementine robot explores a Mexican sinkhole as practice for how to explore the underwater world of Europa. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/13/AR2007051300989.html

Axis Tilt Could Cause Heat Generating Waves (Dec 2008)

• http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=45923

Recreating Ice Found on Distant Worlds (Jun 2009)

• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2188

Europa Helps Probe Returning South Equatorial Belt (Feb 2011)

See Europa

• http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/115941284.html
• http://keckobservatory.org/news/europa_helps_astronomers_penetrate_jupiters_lost_belt/
• http://news.discovery.com/space/europa-helps-solve-mystery-of-jupiters-missing-belt.html
• http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/jupiter-belt-europa/
• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/09/6018236-see-the-turmoil-in-jupiters-belt

Europa Musings

• http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/147865.html
• http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/3528/hunting-for-fossils-on-europa
• http://www.space.com/12431-greatest-mysteries-jupiter-moons-europa.html

Exobiology Update (May 2011)

See also Mars, Venus, Enceladus, Titan, Themis, Cybele

• http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/science/space/10water.html?_r=1