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NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life

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Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface.

It won’t search for life, but rather determine whether conditions there could support it.

Another mission would be needed to flush out any microorganisms lurking there.

Clipper is about the size of a basketball court — more than 100 feet ( 30 meters ) end to end.

Jupiter ’s jumbo moon Ganymede is thought to host an underground ocean.

Scientists believe they’re out there — and may even be relatively common.

Clipper bears messages from Earth with a silicon chip containing the names of 2.6 million people who signed up to ride along.

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