Previous Updates
Downloads
Previous Missions:
     Borrelly 2007
     Titan 2006
     Mars 2005
     Moon 2004
     Ida and Dactyl 2003
     Mars 2002
     Europa 2001
     Io 2000
     Phobos 1999
     Jupiter 1998
     Europa 1997
Photo Archives

In 1997, five intrepid astronauts flew to Europa, a moon of Jupiter with liquid water underneath its thick blanket of ice.

Astronauts Marlene Keeley, Katie Blakley, Nicholas Chop, Andria Green, and Terri Oda made their way to Europa and conducted many experiments while they were there. Their research proved invaluable for later missions to the mysterious moon.

Key Information:
Liftoff: 1300 hrs EST, February 11, 1997
Splashdown: 1300 hrs EST February 14, 1997