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Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper is a spacecraft that's going to visit a moon called Europa! Europa is a moon that goes around Jupiter, which is a very big planet. Scientists are very excited about Europa because they think it might have an ocean under its icy surface.

The Europa Clipper spaceship will go close to Europa and use special instruments to look at the moon and take pictures. Scientists hope that the pictures will help them learn more about what's under the ice on Europa and find out if there's any life there.

The spaceship is called Clipper because it will fly by Europa many times, like a big bird clipping its wings as it flies by something. The Clipper will also have special equipment that will help it stay safe and fly properly while it's moving so fast through space.

The Europa Clipper is being built by lots of smart people who have spent a long time figuring out how it will work. Once it's all set up and ready to go, it will launch into space, travel to Jupiter and then get really close to Europa. Then, it will start taking pictures and collecting data that will help us learn more about this amazing moon!