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Explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa on a NASA virtual tour (photos)
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Explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa on a NASA virtual tour (photos)

NASA’s Europa Clipper probe is finally on its way to Jupiter’s icy ocean moon, but it will take a while to get there; about six years. Luckily we don’t have to wait that long to take a closer look Europe.

NASA recently updated European Walkis a web portal that allows users to “fly above” the surface of Europa with a guided tour that shows and explains some of the moon’s geological features. The map contains images collected by. European Clipperprevious ones — Traveler 2, GalileoAnd JunoNASA spacecraft flying past the Moon.