Science goals and mission architecture of the Europa Lander mission concept

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2022-01-26
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Hand, Kevin P.
 Phillips, Cynthia B.
 Murray, Alison E.
 Garvin, James B.
 Maize, Earl H.
 Gibbs, Roger G.
 Reeves, Glenn
 San Martin, A. Miguel
 Tan-Wang, Grace H.
 Krajewski, Joel
 Hurst, Kenneth
 Crum, Ray
 Kennedy, Brett A.
 McElrath, Timothy P.
 Gallon, John C.
 Sabahi, Dara
 Thurman, Sam W.
 Goldstein, Barry
 Estabrook, Polly
 Lee, Steven W.
 Dooley, Jennifer A.
 Brinckerhoff, William B.
 Edgett, Kenneth S.
 German, Christopher R.
 Hoehler, Tori M.
 Hörst, Sarah M.
 Lunine, Jonathan I.
 Paranicas, Christopher
 Nealson, Kenneth H.
 Smith, David E.
 Templeton, Alexis S.
 Russell, Michael J.
 Schmidt, Britney E.
 Christner, Brent C.
 Ehlmann, Bethany L.
 Hayes, Alexander
 Rhoden, Alyssa R.
 Willis, Peter
 Yingst, R. Aileen
 Craft, Kathleen L.
 Cameron, Marissa E.
 Nordheim, Tom A.
 Pitesky, Jo
 Scully, Jennifer
 Hofgartner, Jason D.
 Sell, Steve W.
 Barltrop, Kevin J.
 Izraelevitz, Jacob
 Brandon, Erik J.
 Seong, J.
 Jones, John-Paul
 Pasalic, Jasmina
 Billings, Keith J.
 Ruiz, John Paul
 Bugga, Ratnakumar V.
 Graham, Dan
 Arenas, L. A.
 Takeyama, Deidre
 Drummond, Mai
 Aghazarian, Hrand
 Andersen, Allen J.
 Andersen, Kayla B.
 Anderson, E. W.
 Babuscia, Alessandra
 Backes, Paul G.
 Bailey, Elizabeth S.
 Balentine, Daniel
 Ballard, Christopher G.
 Berisford, Daniel F.
 Bhandari, Pradeep
 Blackwood, Krys
 Bolotin, Gary S.
 Bovre, Emilee A.
 Bowkett, Joseph
 Boykins, Kobie T.
 Bramble, Michael S.
 Brice, Timothy M.
 Briggs, Paul
 Brinkman, Alexander P.
 Brooks, Shawn M.
 Buffington, Brent B.
 Burns, Brandon
 Cable, Morgan L.
 Campagnola,Stefano
 Cangahuala, Laureano A.
 Carr, Gregory A.
 Casani, John R.
 Chahat, Nacer E.
 Chamberlain-Simon, Brendan K.
 Cheng, Yun-Ting
 Chien, Steve A.
 Cook, B. T.
 Cooper, Moogega
 Dinicola, Michael
 Clement, Brian G.
 Dean, Zachary S.
 Cullimore, Emily A.
 Curtis, Aaron G.
 de la Croix, Jean-Pierre
 Di Pasquale, Peter
 Dodd, Emma M.
 Dubord, Luke A.
 Edlund, Jeffrey A.
 Ellyin, Raymond
 Emanuel, Blair
 Foster, Jeffrey T.
 Ganino, Anthony J.
 Garner, Gregory J.
 Gibson, Matt T.
 Gildner, Matt
 Glazebrook, Kenneth J.
 Greco, Martin E.
 Green, W. M.
 Hatch, Sara J.
 Hetzel, Mark M.
 Hoey, William A.
 Hofmann, Amy E.
 Ionasescu, Rodica
 Jain, Abhinandan
 Jasper, Jay D.
 Johannesen, Jennie R.
 Johnson, Glenn K.
 Jun, Insoo
 Katake, Anup B.
 Kim-Castet, So Young
 Kim, David Inkyu
 Kim, Wousik
 Klonicki, Emily F.
 Kobeissi, Brad
 Kobie, Bryan D.
 Kochocki, Joseph
 Kokorowski, Michael
 Kosberg, Jacob A.
 Kriechbaum, Kristopher
 Kulkarni, Tejas P.
 Lam, Rebekah L.
 Landau, Damon F.
 Lattimore, Myra A.
 Laubach, Sharon L.
 Lawler, Christopher R.
 Lim, Grace
 Li, Jui-Lin
 Litwin, Todd E.
 Lo, Martin W.
 Logan, Cambria A.
 Maghasoudi, Elham
 Mandrake, Lukas
 Marchetti, Yuliya
 Marteau, Eloise
 Maxwell, Kimberly A.
 McNamee, John B.
 McIntyre, Ocean
 Meacham, Michael
 Melko, Joseph P.
 Mueller, Juergen
 Muliere, David
 Mysore, Aprameya
 Nash, Jeremy
 Ono, Masahiro
 Parker, Jay M.
 Perkins, Rebecca C.
 Petropoulos, Anastassios E.
 Gaut, Aaron
 Piette Gomez, Marie Y.
 Casillas, Raul Polit
 Preudhomme, Michael
 Pyrzak, Guy
 Rapinchuk, Jacqueline
 Ratliff, John Martin
 Ray, T. L.
 Roberts, Eric T.
 Roffo, Kenneth
 Roth, Duane C.
 Russino, Joseph A.
 Schmidt, Tyler M.
 Schoppers, Marcel J.
 Senent, Juan S.
 Serricchio, Fred
 Sheldon, Douglas J.
 Shiraishi, Lori R.
 Shirvanian, James
 Siegel, Katherine J.
 Singh, Gurjeet
 Sirota, Allen R.
 Skulsky, Eli D.
 Stehly, Joseph S.
 Strange, Nathan J.
 Stevens, Sarah U.
 Sunada, Eric T.
 Tepsuporn, Scott P.
 Tosi, Luis Phillipe C.
 Trawny, Nikolas
 Uchenik, Igor
 Verma, Vandi
 Volpe, Richard A.
 Wagner, Caleb T.
 Wang, D.
 Willson, Reg G.
 Wolff, John Luke
 Wong, A. T.
 Zimmer, Aline K.
 Sukhatme, Kalyani G.
 Bago, Kevin A.
 Chen, Yang
 Deardorff, Alyssa M.
 Kuch, Roger S.
 Lim, Christopher
 Syvertson, Marguerite L.
 Arakaki, Genji A.
 Avila, Art
 DeBruin, Kevin J.
 Frick, Andreas
 Harris, Joby R.
 Heverly, Matthew C.
 Kawata, Jessie M.
 Kim‬, Sung-Kyun
 Kipp, Devin M.
 Murphy, Juliana
 Smith, Matthew W.
 Spaulding, Matthew D.
 Thakker, Rohan
 Warner, Noah Z.
 Yahnker, Chris R.
 Young, M. E.
 Magner, Tom
 Adams, Danica
 Bedini, Peter
 Mehr, Lauren
 Sheldon, Colin
 Vernon, Steven
 Bailey, Vince
 Briere, Marc
 Butler, Michael
 Davis, Amanda
 Ensor, Susan
 Gannon, Michele
 Haapala-Chalk, Amanda
 Hartka, Ted
 Holdridge, Mark
 Hong, Albert
 Hunt, J.
 Iskow, Joe
 Kahler, Faith
 Murray, Kimberly
 Napolillo, David
 Norkus, Michael
 Pfisterer, Rick
 Porter, Jamie
 Roth, David
 Schwartz, Paul
 Wolfarth, Lawrence
 Cardiff, Eric
 Davis, Anita
 Grob, Eric W.
 Adam, Jason R.
 Betts, Erin
 Norwood, Jason
 Heller, M. M.
 Voskuilen, Tyler
 Sakievich, Philip
 Gray, L.
 Hansen, D. J.
 Irick, Kevin W.
 Hewson, John C.
 Lamb, Joshua
 Stacy, S. C.
 Brotherton, Chris M.
 Tappan, Alexander S.
 Benally, Darryl
 Thigpen, Hannah
 Ortiz, Erick
 Sandoval, Dan
 Ison, Aaron M.
 Warren, M.
 Stromberg, Peter G.
 Thelen, Paul Mark
 Blasy, B.
 Nandy, Prabal
 Haddad, Alexandria W.
 Trujillo, Lynna B.
 Wiseley, T. H.
 Bell, S. A.
 Teske, Nicholas P.
 Post, C.
 Torres-Castro, Loraine
 Grosso, Chris
 Wasiolek, Maryla
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Europa
 Ocean planets
 Astrobiology
 Biosignatures
Abstract
Europa is a premier target for advancing both planetary science and astrobiology, as well as for opening a new window into the burgeoning field of comparative oceanography. The potentially habitable subsurface ocean of Europa may harbor life, and the globally young and comparatively thin ice shell of Europa may contain biosignatures that are readily accessible to a surface lander. Europa's icy shell also offers the opportunity to study tectonics and geologic cycles across a range of mechanisms and compositions. Here we detail the goals and mission architecture of the Europa Lander mission concept, as developed from 2015 through 2020. The science was developed by the 2016 Europa Lander Science Definition Team (SDT), and the mission architecture was developed by the preproject engineering team, in close collaboration with the SDT. In 2017 and 2018, the mission concept passed its mission concept review and delta-mission concept review, respectively. Since that time, the preproject has been advancing the technologies, and developing the hardware and software, needed to retire risks associated with technology, science, cost, and schedule.
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© The Author(s), 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Hand, K., Phillips, C., Murray, A., Garvin, J., Maize, E., Gibbs, R., Reeves, G., San Martin, A., Tan-Wang, G., Krajewski, J., Hurst, K., Crum, R., Kennedy, B., McElrath, T., Gallon, J., Sabahi, D., Thurman, S., Goldstein, B., Estabrook, P., Lee, S. W., Dooley, J. A., Brinckerhoff, W. B., Edgett, K. S., German, C. R., Hoehler, T. M., Hörst, S. M., Lunine, J. I., Paranicas, C., Nealson, K., Smith, D. E., Templeton, A. S., Russell, M. J., Schmidt, B., Christner, B., Ehlmann, B., Hayes, A., Rhoden, A., Willis, P., Yingst, R. A., Craft, K., Cameron, M. E., Nordheim, T., Pitesky, J., Scully, J., Hofgartner, J., Sell, S. W., Barltrop, K. J., Izraelevitz, J., Brandon, E. J., Seong, J., Jones, J.-P., Pasalic, J., Billings, K. J., Ruiz, J. P., Bugga, R. V., Graham, D., Arenas, L. A., Takeyama, D., Drummond, M., Aghazarian, H., Andersen, A. J., Andersen, K. B., Anderson, E. W., Babuscia, A., Backes, P. G., Bailey, E. S., Balentine, D., Ballard, C. G., Berisford, D. F., Bhandari, P., Blackwood, K., Bolotin, G. S., Bovre, E. A., Bowkett, J., Boykins, K. T., Bramble, M. S., Brice, T. M., Briggs, P., Brinkman, A. P., Brooks, S. M., Buffington, B. B., Burns, B., Cable, M. L., Campagnola, S., Cangahuala, L. A., Carr, G. A., Casani, J. R., Chahat, N. E., Chamberlain-Simon, B. K., Cheng, Y., Chien, S. A., Cook, B. T., Cooper, M., DiNicola, M., Clement, B., Dean, Z., Cullimore, E. A., Curtis, A. G., Croix, J-P. de la, Pasquale, P. Di, Dodd, E. M., Dubord, L. A., Edlund, J. A., Ellyin, R., Emanuel, B., Foster, J. T., Ganino, A. J., Garner, G. J., Gibson, M. T., Gildner, M., Glazebrook, K. J., Greco, M. E., Green, W. M., Hatch, S. J., Hetzel, M. M., Hoey, W. A., Hofmann, A. E., Ionasescu, R., Jain, A., Jasper, J. D., Johannesen, J. R., Johnson, G. K., Jun, I., Katake, A. B., Kim-Castet, S. Y., Kim, D. I., Kim, W., Klonicki, E. F., Kobeissi, B., Kobie, B. D., Kochocki, J., Kokorowski, M., Kosberg, J. A., Kriechbaum, K., Kulkarni, T. P., Lam, R. L., Landau, D. F., Lattimore, M. A., Laubach, S. L., Lawler, C. R., Lim, G., Lin, J. Y., Litwin, T. E., Lo, M. W., Logan, C. A., Maghasoudi, E., Mandrake, L., Marchetti, Y., Marteau, E., Maxwell, K. A., Namee, J. B. Mc, Mcintyre, O., Meacham, M., Melko, J. P., Mueller, J., Muliere, D. A., Mysore, A., Nash, J., Ono, H., Parker, J. M., Perkins, R. C., Petropoulos, A. E., Gaut, A., Gomez, M. Y. Piette, Casillas, R. P., Preudhomme, M., Pyrzak, G., Rapinchuk, J., Ratliff, J. M., Ray, T. L., Roberts, E. T., Roffo, K., Roth, D. C., Russino, J. A., Schmidt, T. M., Schoppers, M. J., Senent, J. S., Serricchio, F., Sheldon, D. J., Shiraishi, L. R., Shirvanian, J., Siegel, K. J., Singh, G., Sirota, A. R., Skulsky, E. D., Stehly, J. S., Strange, N. J., Stevens, S. U., Sunada, E. T., Tepsuporn, S. P., Tosi, L. P. C., Trawny, N., Uchenik, I., Verma, V., Volpe, R. A., Wagner, C. T., Wang, D., Willson, R. G., Wolff, J. L., Wong, A. T., Zimmer, A. K., Sukhatme, K. G., Bago, K. A., Chen, Y., Deardorff, A. M., Kuch, R. S., Lim, C., Syvertson, M. L., Arakaki, G. A., Avila, A., DeBruin, K. J., Frick, A., Harris, J. R., Heverly, M. C., Kawata, J. M., Kim, S.-K., Kipp, D. M., Murphy, J., Smith, M. W., Spaulding, M. D., Thakker, R., Warner, N. Z., Yahnker, C. R., Young, M. E., Magner, T., Adams, D., Bedini, P., Mehr, L., Sheldon, C., Vernon, S., Bailey, V., Briere, M., Butler, M., Davis, A., Ensor, S., Gannon, M., Haapala-Chalk, A., Hartka, T., Holdridge, M., Hong, A., Hunt, J., Iskow, J., Kahler, F., Murray, K., Napolillo, D., Norkus, M., Pfisterer, R., Porter, J., Roth, D., Schwartz, P., Wolfarth, L., Cardiff, E. H., Davis, A., Grob, E. W., Adam, J. R., Betts, E., Norwood, J., Heller, M. M., Voskuilen, T., Sakievich, P., Gray, L., Hansen, D. J., Irick, K. W., Hewson, J. C., Lamb, J., Stacy, S. C., Brotherton, C. M., Tappan, A. S., Benally, D., Thigpen, H., Ortiz, E., Sandoval, D., Ison, A. M., Warren, M., Stromberg, P. G., Thelen, P. M., Blasy, B., Nandy, P., Haddad, A. W., Trujillo, L. B., Wiseley, T. H., Bell, S. A., Teske, N. P., Post, C., Torres-Castro, L., Grosso, C. Wasiolek, M. Science goals and mission architecture of the Europa Lander mission concept. The Planetary Science Journal, 3(1), (2022): 22, https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/ac4493.
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Hand, K., Phillips, C., Murray, A., Garvin, J., Maize, E., Gibbs, R., Reeves, G., San Martin, A., Tan-Wang, G., Krajewski, J., Hurst, K., Crum, R., Kennedy, B., McElrath, T., Gallon, J., Sabahi, D., Thurman, S., Goldstein, B., Estabrook, P., Lee, S. W., Dooley, J. A., Brinckerhoff, W. B., Edgett, K. S., German, C. R., Hoehler, T. M., Hörst, S. M., Lunine, J. I., Paranicas, C., Nealson, K., Smith, D. E., Templeton, A. S., Russell, M. J., Schmidt, B., Christner, B., Ehlmann, B., Hayes, A., Rhoden, A., Willis, P., Yingst, R. A., Craft, K., Cameron, M. E., Nordheim, T., Pitesky, J., Scully, J., Hofgartner, J., Sell, S. W., Barltrop, K. J., Izraelevitz, J., Brandon, E. J., Seong, J., Jones, J.-P., Pasalic, J., Billings, K. J., Ruiz, J. P., Bugga, R. V., Graham, D., Arenas, L. A., Takeyama, D., Drummond, M., Aghazarian, H., Andersen, A. J., Andersen, K. B., Anderson, E. W., Babuscia, A., Backes, P. G., Bailey, E. S., Balentine, D., Ballard, C. G., Berisford, D. F., Bhandari, P., Blackwood, K., Bolotin, G. S., Bovre, E. A., Bowkett, J., Boykins, K. T., Bramble, M. S., Brice, T. M., Briggs, P., Brinkman, A. P., Brooks, S. M., Buffington, B. B., Burns, B., Cable, M. L., Campagnola, S., Cangahuala, L. A., Carr, G. A., Casani, J. R., Chahat, N. E., Chamberlain-Simon, B. K., Cheng, Y., Chien, S. A., Cook, B. T., Cooper, M., DiNicola, M., Clement, B., Dean, Z., Cullimore, E. A., Curtis, A. G., Croix, J-P. de la, Pasquale, P. Di, Dodd, E. M., Dubord, L. A., Edlund, J. A., Ellyin, R., Emanuel, B., Foster, J. T., Ganino, A. J., Garner, G. J., Gibson, M. T., Gildner, M., Glazebrook, K. J., Greco, M. E., Green, W. M., Hatch, S. J., Hetzel, M. M., Hoey, W. A., Hofmann, A. E., Ionasescu, R., Jain, A., Jasper, J. D., Johannesen, J. R., Johnson, G. K., Jun, I., Katake, A. B., Kim-Castet, S. Y., Kim, D. I., Kim, W., Klonicki, E. F., Kobeissi, B., Kobie, B. D., Kochocki, J., Kokorowski, M., Kosberg, J. A., Kriechbaum, K., Kulkarni, T. P., Lam, R. L., Landau, D. F., Lattimore, M. A., Laubach, S. L., Lawler, C. R., Lim, G., Lin, J. Y., Litwin, T. E., Lo, M. W., Logan, C. A., Maghasoudi, E., Mandrake, L., Marchetti, Y., Marteau, E., Maxwell, K. A., Namee, J. B. Mc, Mcintyre, O., Meacham, M., Melko, J. P., Mueller, J., Muliere, D. A., Mysore, A., Nash, J., Ono, H., Parker, J. M., Perkins, R. C., Petropoulos, A. E., Gaut, A., Gomez, M. Y. Piette, Casillas, R. P., Preudhomme, M., Pyrzak, G., Rapinchuk, J., Ratliff, J. M., Ray, T. L., Roberts, E. T., Roffo, K., Roth, D. C., Russino, J. A., Schmidt, T. M., Schoppers, M. J., Senent, J. S., Serricchio, F., Sheldon, D. J., Shiraishi, L. R., Shirvanian, J., Siegel, K. J., Singh, G., Sirota, A. R., Skulsky, E. D., Stehly, J. S., Strange, N. J., Stevens, S. U., Sunada, E. T., Tepsuporn, S. P., Tosi, L. P. C., Trawny, N., Uchenik, I., Verma, V., Volpe, R. A., Wagner, C. T., Wang, D., Willson, R. G., Wolff, J. L., Wong, A. T., Zimmer, A. K., Sukhatme, K. G., Bago, K. A., Chen, Y., Deardorff, A. M., Kuch, R. S., Lim, C., Syvertson, M. L., Arakaki, G. A., Avila, A., DeBruin, K. J., Frick, A., Harris, J. R., Heverly, M. C., Kawata, J. M., Kim, S.-K., Kipp, D. M., Murphy, J., Smith, M. W., Spaulding, M. D., Thakker, R., Warner, N. Z., Yahnker, C. R., Young, M. E., Magner, T., Adams, D., Bedini, P., Mehr, L., Sheldon, C., Vernon, S., Bailey, V., Briere, M., Butler, M., Davis, A., Ensor, S., Gannon, M., Haapala-Chalk, A., Hartka, T., Holdridge, M., Hong, A., Hunt, J., Iskow, J., Kahler, F., Murray, K., Napolillo, D., Norkus, M., Pfisterer, R., Porter, J., Roth, D., Schwartz, P., Wolfarth, L., Cardiff, E. H., Davis, A., Grob, E. W., Adam, J. R., Betts, E., Norwood, J., Heller, M. M., Voskuilen, T., Sakievich, P., Gray, L., Hansen, D. J., Irick, K. W., Hewson, J. C., Lamb, J., Stacy, S. C., Brotherton, C. M., Tappan, A. S., Benally, D., Thigpen, H., Ortiz, E., Sandoval, D., Ison, A. M., Warren, M., Stromberg, P. G., Thelen, P. M., Blasy, B., Nandy, P., Haddad, A. W., Trujillo, L. B., Wiseley, T. H., Bell, S. A., Teske, N. P., Post, C., Torres-Castro, L., Grosso, C. Wasiolek, M. (2022). Science goals and mission architecture of the Europa Lander mission concept. The Planetary Science Journal, 3(1), 22.
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