Clipper Mission: Do You Want To Send Your Name To Jupiter's Moon Europa?

Send Your Name To Jupiter's Moon


The Clipper mission is being sent next year by the American space agency NASA to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.


Humans have not yet reached this moon of Jupiter, but you can definitely get your name there.


Names of people will be sent to Europa by NASA through this mission.


These names will be stored in a microchip and so far millions of people have entered their names on NASA's mission website.

The names will be collected by NASA till the night of December 31 (9:59 am Pakistan time) and after that, the names will be stored in a coin-sized microchip by the experts.


After saving the name, the chip will be attached to a metal plate with a poem written on it.


This plate and name will be placed on the exterior of the spacecraft to be transported to Jupiter's moons.


The mission will be launched by Europa in October 2024.

You can register a name on NASA's website, read the poem on the plate, and download a copy of your own name sketch.


At 2,000 miles wide, Europa is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, while the surface temperature reaches minus 140 degrees Celsius and Jupiter's radiation rays continue to hit it.


But the moon's ocean is several miles below the surface, making it a prime location for life, and there has been evidence of the presence of key ingredients for life, such as carbon.


According to scientists, 6 elements are considered to be the cause of life on earth, which include carbon dioxide, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur.


Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur have been confirmed to exist in Europa so far.


This NASA mission will take a closer look at the moon of Jupiter because scientists believe that signs of life could be discovered there.


In September, a study reported that Europa contains carbon, an essential element for life.


A study by the Southwest Research Institute found that a salty ocean hidden 10 miles below the surface of Europa's ice is a possible cause of the presence of carbon dioxide.


Although the results do not answer the question of whether or not there is any life there, the discovery reinforces the idea that Europa could be the prime location for the search for life beyond Earth.