Exploring Ocean Worlds: Europa Clipper Is One Year From Launch (Live Public Talk)

In October 2024, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will begin its 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. It will investigate if an ocean thought to lie beneath Europa’s icy crust could support life.

Join Europa Clipper Mission System Manager Al Cangahula and planetary scientist Kate Craft to learn about the spacecraft’s assembly and preparations for launch, and how Europa Clipper’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.

Speakers:
Dr. L. Alberto (Al) Cangahuala, mission system manager, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL
Dr. Kate Craft, project staff scientist and assistant science systems engineer, Europa Clipper, JHU APL

Host:
Marc Razze, office of communications and education, NASA JPL

Co-host:
Nikki Wyrick, office of communications and education, NASA JPL

(Original Air Date: Oct. 19, 2023)

[Jameson]

Can’t wait to see it launch and the flybys 5 1/2 years later.

[iamsuzerain]

Great stuff, well presented. I'm excited for this mission but sure wish it could happen faster

[HarshalRuikar]

Wow, thanks for sharing all this info! Such an exciting mission; all the best!

[cookegan]

Greetings from the FutureLearn (Open University) Moons Course Group, one of whom kindly pointed me this way! It is very cool to have learned a bit of what we already know about Europa on that course and now to hear how much more we might learn in the future! Fascinating description of how the mission has been developed and just how intricate it is, thanks very much for the video and of course very best wishes for a successful year's countdown to launch!

[semey_kA]

Отлично👍
Хорошая новость!
Ждём продолжения!

[culturedcritters]

Host, has anyone ever told you that you look a bit like David Cross? Great presentation, this may be the most exciting mission in my lifetime, so far.

[EmilianoGirina]

As a child I dreamed of black holes and aliens. Black holes have been confirmed. Maybe this is the right time we'll find evidence of alien life. You alla do an astonishing great job!

[jasminmarquez]

Gracias por informar. El día de hoy hay problemas con la "NASA tv. " en vivo y otros asociados. Ojalá lo arreglen en la medida de lo posible.

[icomsltd]

5:39 Europa appears to have a similar face to the Moon LoL it even has an impact crater similar to Tycho south of the "face"

[Wmaddox]

Could there be Nords under the glacial crust, havesting Vril and navigating the salt ocean in Uboats?

[koda]

I believe I saw you guys testing for this in Banff Canada at the Columbia Glacier. They said you were testing a drone that can drill into ice and travel Jupiters moon.

[mountainconsumer]

Public engagement we get a lecture twice a year?

[Lion_McLionhead]

All that remanes of the Jupiter icy moons orbiter.

[arielholtz]

Nuclear sub that can melt down into the ocean below! I'll drive

[rogerm]

Is Dr Kate's nick name 'Space' ? Then she could be called Space Craft 🤭

[zyxwvutsrqponmlkh]

I have question, in the primed on Antarctica, is there a portal or not? Did the aleans ask us to stop bothering the moon? In the ort cloud, at the baby black hole, can that be used as a telescope when we go there? Or is it too small?

[CFG-ebmy]

should have much to cover - please address topic

[ericrussell]

If life can survive that amount of radiation, do we really want to meet it. 🤔

[teefkay]

Have these guys NOT watched the movie 2010?? The message was very clear …

_“All these worlds are yours, EXCEPT Europa._
_Attempt no landing there …”_

You guy are going to ignore that warning & roll the dice for all humanity??

OK, so this one is technically not “a landing”. But the next one is supposed to be. Just go ask Roy Scheider if he thinks poking around in “low Europa orbit” is a good idea.