any mission scheduled for the future?
Conjectures regarding extraterrestrial life have ensured a high profile for Europa and have led to steady lobbying for future missions.
Europa (moon)
Conjectures regarding extraterrestrial life have ensured a high profile for Europa and have led to steady lobbying for future missions.
which of jupiter's moons has water ice surface Europa who discovered it? Galileo Galilei was he the one who named it? The naming scheme was suggested by Simon Marius, who attributed the proposal to Johannes Kepler what is the speciality of it's atmosphere? The surface-bounded atmosphere forms through radiolysis, the dissociation of molecules through radiation. Solar ultraviolet radiation and charged particles from the Jovian magnetospheric environment collide with Europa's icy surface, splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen constituents. has there been any exploration on it? Yes, it began with the Jupiter flybys of "Pioneer 10" and "11" in 1973 and 1974 respectively.
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Europa (moon) [SEP] Future missions
Conjectures regarding extraterrestrial life have ensured a high profile for Europa and have led to steady lobbying for future missions. The aims of these missions have ranged from examining Europa's chemical composition to searching for extraterrestrial life in its hypothesized subsurface oceans. Robotic missions to Europa need to endure the high-radiation environment around Jupiter. Because it is deeply embedded within Jupiter's magnetosphere, Europa receives about 5.40 Sv of radiation per day. In 2011, a Europa mission was recommended by the U.S. Planetary Science Decadal Survey. In response, NASA commissioned Europa lander concept studies in 2011, along with concepts for a Europa flyby ("Europa Clipper"), and a Europa orbiter.