As a part of the defunct
Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace
The Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace (EJSM-Laplace) was a proposed joint NASA/ ESA uncrewed space mission slated to launch around 2020 for the in-depth exploration of Jupiter's moons with a focus on Europa, Ganymede and Jupiter's mag ...
(EJSM-Laplace), the Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) was a proposed
orbiter
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to spaceflight, fly in outer space. A type of artificial satellite, spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including Telecommunications, communications, Earth observation satellite, Earth ...
probe slated for lift-off in 2020 and planned for detailed studies of
Jupiter's moons
Europa and
Io as well as the
Jovian magnetosphere. Its main goal would have been to look for evidence of a possible subsurface ocean.
In June 2015, a more economical mission, the
Europa Multiple-Flyby Mission (''
Europa Clipper
Europa Clipper (previously known as Europa Multiple Flyby Mission) is an interplanetary mission in development by NASA comprising an orbiter. Planned for launch in October 2024, the spacecraft is being developed to study the Galilean moon Eur ...
'') was approved by
NASA
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and entered the formulation stage.
[Howell, Elizabeth (20 June 2015)]
"NASA's Europa Mission Approved for Next Development Stage"
Space.com. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
See also
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Europa Orbiter
The Europa Orbiter was a planned NASA mission to Jupiter's Moon Europa, that was cancelled in 2002. Its main objectives included determining the presence or absence of a subsurface ocean and identifying candidate sites for future lander mis ...
(former NASA plan cancelled in 2002).
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Europa Clipper
Europa Clipper (previously known as Europa Multiple Flyby Mission) is an interplanetary mission in development by NASA comprising an orbiter. Planned for launch in October 2024, the spacecraft is being developed to study the Galilean moon Eur ...
(the next mission plan for Europa, non-nuclear orbiter for Jupiter doing Europa flybys).
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Europa Lander (NASA)
The Europa Lander is a proposed astrobiology mission concept by NASA to send a lander to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. If funded and developed as a large strategic science mission, it would be launched in 2027 to complement the studie ...
(stand-alone mission for NASA Europa Lander) (Note: there was also a concept for a Europa Clipper add-on lander).
References
NASA programs
Proposed NASA space probes
Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace
Europa (moon)
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