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This artist's rendering shows NASA's Europa mission spacecraft, which is being developed for a launch sometime in the 2020s. This view shows the spacecraft configuration as of early 2016, which could change before launch. The mission would place a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter in order to perform a detailed investigation of its moon Europa. Europa shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust and could host conditions favorable for life. The nominal mission would perform at least 45 flybys of Europa at altitudes varying from 1,700 miles to 16 miles (2,700 kilometers to 25 kilometers) above the surface. This view takes artistic liberty with Jupiter's position in the sky relative to Europa and the spacecraft.