NSN Webinar Series: Europa Clipper: First NASA Mission to an Ocean World with Dr. Bonnie Buratti

Join NASA’s Night Sky Network on Wednesday, September 25, at 6:00 PM Pacific Time (9:00 PM Eastern) with Dr. Bonnie Buratti where we’ll learn more about Jupiter’s moon Europa, and what NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will investigate upon arrival in 2030.
Europa is one of the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo in 1610. It almost certainly harbors a salty ocean underneath a thick ice crust. This ocean has all the requirements for a habitable zone where primitive life could potentially thrive: liquid water, energy in the form of chemical potentials, and organic molecules. Although Europa Clipper isn’t a life-detection mission, it is NASA’s first detailed exploration of an ocean world with an overarching goal of searching for a habitable zone. It will also study the geology, interior, and composition of Europa.
About Bonnie Buratti:
Europa Clipper Deputy Project scientist Dr. Bonnie Buratti is a Senior Research Scientist,
Principal, and Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. An expert on planetary surfaces, she has
held leadership roles on several NASA flight projects, including Cassini to Saturn and New
Horizons to Pluto. She is a recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal for excellence in Public
Communication and the Gerard P. Kuiper Prize for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field
of planetary science. She is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the
American Astronomical Society, and the author of over 250 papers and the popular book
“Worlds Fantastic, Worlds Familiar” (Cambridge).
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[@evi7993]

Good morning from Greece

[@culeigh]

This was a really fantastic presentation. I also loved the question "why are Jupiter's moons all so different?" Hadn't thought of that before. Thanks to the organizers and presenter!

[@zapfanzapfan]

Very good presentation, too bad we have to wait another 6 years for results.