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This artist's concept illustrates how NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will use radar to peer beneath Europa's ice crust to reveal the structure underneath. Larger image

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Europa Clipper Astrobiology Mission: How REASON Will Penetrate Europa’s Surface

by Keith CowingOctober 13, 2024October 13, 2024

Europa Clipper will carry an instrument called the Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON) that can penetrate beneath the Jovian moon’s surface layer, revealing potential pockets […]

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Europa Clipper Astrobiology Mission: How REASON Will Penetrate Europa’s Surface

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