[SEMCO] NASA’s Europa Clipper nationwide roadshow to make only Northeast stop in Woods Hole

[Joanne E Tromp]

NASA’s Europa Clipper nationwide roadshow to make only Northeast stop in Woods Hole

When: August 9, 11, & 12 from 11 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
            August 10, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., as part of the Woods Hole Science Stroll<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwoodsholesciencestroll.org%2Fspecial-event-schedule%2F&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40WHOI.EDU%7Cef11cc0f5e44493ca20e08dcb6dbc273%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638586302173224008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pwVxPFcnqegRMp8wYiC6H2An9U8cFOOFEYEmDoERR1I%3D&reserved=0>

Where: Redfield Auditorium                                    WHOI’s Ocean Science Discovery Center
              45 Water Street                              +            15 School Street
              Woods Hole, MA                                         Woods Hole, MA

What: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host a special exhibit pop-up, “Voyage of Europa Clipper: Exploring an Alien Ocean,” brought to you by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). This captivating exhibit experience, which is free to the public, is part of JPL’s engagement activities leading up to the highly anticipated launch of the Europa Clipper mission in October 2024. This will be the pop-up’s only stop in the Northeast.

The Europa Clipper spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter in 2030 and will fly by the moon multiple times to collect data that will help scientists determine if it could support life. Europa is considered one of the best candidates to find life beyond Earth because its conditions are very similar to those found here that have given rise to some of the most primitive life forms from which early life likely evolved.

“Ocean worlds such as Europa have rocky seafloors, just like Earth’s oceans,” said WHOI senior scientist Chris German. “And we know that, on Earth, wherever there is ocean water in contact with geothermally heated rocks, we find hydrothermal vents, seeps, and other fluid flows that support chemosynthetic microbes and even whole ecosystems.”

The Europa Clipper pop-up exhibit includes interactive experiments, spacecraft and instrument models, and creative activities.

Who: WHOI Marine Geochemist & Co-lead of NASA’s Ocean World’s program, Chris German, and Europa Clipper Project Staff Scientist and Science Communications Lead, Dr. Cynthia Phillips, will be available for interviews on site.

Learn more about the Europa Clipper nationwide roadshow<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscience.nasa.gov%2Fmission%2Feuropa-clipper%2Feuropa-clipper-roadshow%2F&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40WHOI.EDU%7Cef11cc0f5e44493ca20e08dcb6dbc273%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638586302173224008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TMNPbSmhb%2FM4LxvoJ73JcYPHNUmXehTHyHwLO5ZabKE%3D&reserved=0>.
Learn more about WHOI’s Exploring Ocean Worlds<https://oceanworlds.whoi.edu/> project.

Videos and photos from previous events can be found here<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fscl%2Ffo%2F70hcvuzuohzghtgjyj3p7%2FABV98QARUpNhD2VIALDFCQY%3Frlkey%3Dcz0d55m61zjtvfgnxfrsz4v3b%26st%3Dfer0vjpk%26dl%3D0&data=05%7C02%7CSEMCO%40WHOI.EDU%7Cef11cc0f5e44493ca20e08dcb6dbc273%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638586302173224008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2OpZSV6fKEOGMB9BA4t1qH9iJmCYNyV7Ct5HoK%2FTUVY%3D&reserved=0>



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