The Clipper Mission to Europa
How would you like to write your name on a message, place it into a bottle, and send it 1.8 billion miles into space? This is actually possible and I’ll tell you how to do it in just a moment.
Video Transcript
What is this all about?
Meet Europa, the third largest of over 90 moons orbiting Jupiter. Europa is an ice moon and is the smoothest body in the entire solar system. Why so smooth? Scientists believe that beneath Europa’s ice shell exterior is a giant ocean. Meanwhile back to that message in a bottle.
NASA is launching a spacecraft called Clipper to explore Europa’s ice shell, and the ocean beneath it which might support life. And you are invited to have your name engraved on the Clipper spacecraft, before it launches in October 2024, beginning a six year journey to Europa.
You can submit your name at
https://go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
(Yes, it is free)
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Credits:
Saturn video by Mike Lacoste from Pixabay
Handwriting video Video by Emirhan Bal from Pixabay
Character script and animation by Jef Gray
Production by International Peace and Film Festival
Stock launch, spacecraft and planet footage by NASA
