Artistic representation of «Europa Clipper» circling around Jupiter moon Europa.
NASA
Great honour for Nicolas Thomas from the University of Berne: The scientist was selected as part of the imaging team for NASA's Europa Clipper mission. The mission will help to answer the question whether there is life in the oceans of Jupiter's moon, Europa. Europa Clipper is a mission under study by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that is supposed to conduct a detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon, Europa, and investigate whether the subterranean ocean of this icy world could harbour conditions suitable for life. Yesterday NASA announced the selection of the scientific instruments for Europa Clipper. On board will be the Europa Imaging System (EIS), a camera system to be designed and built by the Applied Physics Lab. of Johns Hopkins University (APL). The science team will be led by Elizabeth Turtle of APL and includes, as one of only two Europeans in the team, Nicolas Thomas of the Center for Space and Habitability at the University of Bern.
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