Europa Orbiter

The Europa Orbiter was a planned NASA mission to Jupiter's Moon Europa, that was cancelled in 2002. Its main objectives included determining the presence or absence of a subsurface ocean and identifying candidate sites for future lander missions. Europa Orbiter received pre-project funding in 1998, and resulted from NASA's Fire and Ice project.

Not to be confused with Jovian Europa Orbiter, Jupiter Europa Orbiter, or Europa Jupiter System Mission.

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