The Europa Orbiter was a cancelled NASA mission to Jupiter's Moon Europa. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program TemplateInfobox Planet.--> Europa (jʊˈroʊpə; or as It is designed to measure the thickness of the ice on Europa and to detect an ocean on the moon. Ice is a Solid phase, usually crystalline, of a Non-metalic substance that is liquid or gas at Room temperature, such as Ammonia An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. It will also study the surface and interior processes to see the energy sources and response of the crust of Europa. Energy development is the ongoing effort to provide sufficient Primary energy sources and secondary Energy forms to meet civilization's needs Its launch had been scheduled for 2002 or 2003. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
The Europa Orbiter is not be confused with the Jovian Europa Orbiter, a mission proposed by the European Space Agency[1]