moon · the Solar System
Europa
An ice-covered moon of Jupiter hiding a global salt-water ocean, the prime target in the search for life.
- Type
- Moon
- Orbits
- Jupiter
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 3,122 km
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces Jupiter
About Europa
- Under its ice shell lies a global ocean holding more water than all of Earth's oceans.
- NASA's Europa Clipper launched in October 2024 to study whether it could support life.
- In IKAREE, a research outpost drills toward the ocean in the Conamara Chaos region.
Europa Deep Ice Station
A research outpost on Europa's ice shell whose thermal drill tower melts a shaft toward the subsurface ocean. Location in the game: Europa surface, Conamara Chaos region.
Visit Europa in VR
In IKAREE, Europa is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Europa. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Europa, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Europa.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
