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449 NASA Pulls the Plug on Jupiter-Moon Lander, So Scientists Propose Landing It on Saturn

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 06/08/2025 17:57 EDT

NASA Pulls the Plug on Jupiter-Moon Lander, So Scientists Propose Landing It on Saturn

"NASA engineers have spent the past decade developing a rugged, partially autonomous lander designed to explore Europa, one of Jupiter's most intriguing moons," reports Gizmodo.

But though NASA "got cold feet over the project," the engineers behind the project are now suggesting the probe could instead explore Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn:

Europa has long been a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial biology because scientists suspect it harbors a subsurface ocean beneath its icy.

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