Brown leaves no door closed as he covers the science, logistics, personalities, and politics of this extraordinary NASA mission. His extensively researched, humorous, raucous, dramatic, and pop-culture- and science-fiction-laced immersion in planetary science will have readers hanging on every word..

At nearly 400 pages dense with historical, biographical, and scientific detail, The Mission is not a quick read. That said, Brown is a nimble, gifted writer, downright Dickensian in his pointed descriptions and irreverent humor. His affection for the science and personalities that populate his tale is clear from the first page.

Journalist Brown provides a narrative of one of the most ambitious science projects ever conceived: NASA’s deep-space mission to Europa. This true story has not been previously written about in such detail.

In his latest book, The Mission: A True Story , writer David W. Brown relates the novel story of Europa Clipper, the planned NASA mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa, home to a saltwater ocean flowing beneath its icy exterior.

The inner workings of NASA through an enthusiastic account of an interplanetary probe to a distant moon.

Journalist Brown brings to vivid life the 17-year effort to put together a mission to Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons.