
Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa
Since its discovery in 1610, Europa—one of Jupiter''s four large moons—has been an object of interest to astronomers and planetary scientists. Much of this interest stems from observations made by NASA''s Voyager and Galileo spacecraft and from Earth-based telescopes indicating that Europa''s surface is quite young, with very little evidence of cratering, and made principally of water ice.
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Since its discovery in 1610, Europa—one of Jupiter''s four large moons—has been an object of interest to astronomers and planetary scientists. Much of this interest stems from observations made by NASA''s Voyager and Galileo spacecraft and from Earth-based telescopes indicating that Europa''s surface is quite young, with very little evidence of cratering, and made principally of water ice.
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