Europa Report is a movie about a human mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter, to explore the moon for signs of life. Europa has an oxygen atmosphere and a surface composed of water ice that has led to the hypothesis that there is an ocean under the ice.

Europa Report does a great job of being scientifically accurate. The spacecraft shown in the movie addresses the major issues that travelers would experience on a voyage to Jupiter. The crew section of the spacecraft is spun for artificial gravity and accommodations are made to deal with the high radiation environment around Jupiter.

Our Spacecraft Control Toolbox can be used to design the spacecraft and simulate every phase from Earth Orbit to Europa landing. We have a script for a powered Europa landing. Here are the results!

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