Europa Lander
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For the project from Russia, see Laplace-P.
The Europa Lander is a proposed astrobiology mission concept by NASA to send a lander to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.[3][4] If funded and developed as a large strategic science mission, it would be launched in 2027 to complement the studies by the Europa Clipper orbiter mission and perform analyses on site.[5]
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Mission type | Astrobiology |
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Operator | NASA |
Website | jpl.nasa.gov |
Mission duration | ≤ 22 days on the surface [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 16.6 metric tons [1] |
Power | 50 kWh (from batteries only) [1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2025–2030 (proposed)[2] |
Rocket | Space Launch System or a commercial rocket |
Flyby of Earth | |
Closest approach | 2027–2032 |
Jupiter orbiter | |
Orbital insertion | 2030–2035 |
Europa lander | |
Landing date | 2032–2037 |
Large Strategic Science Missions Planetary Science Division |
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The objectives of the mission are to search for biosignatures at the subsurface ≈10 cm, to characterize the composition of non-ice near-subsurface material, and determine the proximity of liquid water and recently erupted material near the lander's location.