NASA's Juno spacecraft will take photos of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
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On September 29th, NASA's Juno spacecraft will come within 222 miles of the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa to collect data.
NASA hopes that the data collected from the probe will assist in future missions and studies of Europa, a moon where scientists suspect a vast ocean lies beneath its icy surface and may contain elements of life.
"Europa is such an intriguing Jovian moon, it is the focus of its own future NASA mission," said Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in a statement. "We’re happy to provide data that may help the Europa Clipper team with mission planning, as well as provide new scientific insights into this icy world."
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