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NASA Cancels Europa Lander Mission – But Scientists Have a Plan B
NASA’s ambitious plan toexplore Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons, has faced a significant setback. The agency ...
NASA Pulls the Plug on Europa Lander, but Scientists Propose a Plan B
Europa has long been a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial biology because scientists suspect it harbors a ...
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NASA’s Europa lander may be in jeopardy after the midterms — and some are fine with seeing it go
Now that Culberson is about to leave public office, the Europa lander will no longer have its champion, making its future at NASA uncertain. NASA never formally requested a lander for Europa ...
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NASA May Cancel Europa Lander Mission As Space Agency Faces Budget Cuts
Another proposed Europa mission involves sending a lander to the moon that could determine if it harbors life. In a report submitted last February, the NASA-employed Science Definition Team ...
Shelved Europa Lander mission concept could be used to explore Enceladus instead
A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has outlined the decade-long development and testing of what was ...
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NASA reveals how spacecraft will land on tantalizing ocean world
A conception of the Europa Lander settled down on the icy moon's surface. Credit: NASA NASA is headed to Jupiter's fascinating moon Europa this year. Scientists suspect a deep ocean sloshes ...
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NASA’s VIPER cancellation is more than a disappointment, it’s a scandal
It was to be delivered by an Astrobotic Griffin lander ... faced cancellation, the money was found to bring them to completion, and they are returning great science and value to NASA and the ...
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NASA's huge spacecraft will soon launch to alluring ocean world
Some 480 million miles away, an ocean — harboring perhaps twice the water of Earth's seas — sloshes beneath the icy surface of Europa. NASA's going ... called Europa Lander, will settle ...