This podcast episode explores the exciting mission of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is on its way to Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft's primary objective is to investigate Europa's vast, potentially habitable ocean, which is thought to be larger than all of Earth's oceans combined. The episode details the spacecraft's journey, instruments, and the challenges faced by the mission team, including a late-breaking discovery that some of the spacecraft's electronics were more vulnerable to Jupiter's radiation than anticipated. Despite these obstacles, the spacecraft successfully launched and is on track to reach Europa in 2030. The episode highlights the significance of this mission, emphasizing that it is a critical step in humanity's search for life beyond Earth and marks the beginning of a new era of ocean world exploration.

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