Plans to send a spacecraft to Europa were initially conceived with projects such as Europa Orbiter and Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, in which a spacecraft would be injected into orbit around Europa.
Planer på att skicka en rymdfarkost till Europa utformades ursprungligen som projekten Europa Orbiter och Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, där en rymdfarkost skulle skickas in i omloppsbana runt Europa.