Europa Report (2013) on Netflix
Six astronauts led by commander William Xu travel to Europa, a moon of Jupiter, to look for life beneath its ice. A solar storm cuts the ship off from Earth.
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Plot summary
Dr. Samantha Unger, head of Europa Ventures, narrates the story of the Europa One mission. Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has a subsurface ocean that may support life. A privately funded spacecraft carries six astronauts there to search for it. Commander William Xu leads the crew, which includes pilot Rosa Dasque, science officers Daniel Luxembourg and Katya Petrovna, and engineers Andrei Blok and James Corrigan. Six months into the voyage, a solar storm damages the ship and cuts off communication with mission control.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Europa Report (2013)
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- For accuracy the depiction of Europa was based on NASA data and Jet Propulsion Laboratory maps of the moon's surface, and the visual effects supervisor said the bioluminescent creature was a cross of an octopus and a squid, with early sketches resembling a jellyfish and a manta ray.
- Weightlessness on the set was simulated with balance balls, with suspension from wires used for interior shots, and the flooding ship was filmed on a one-third scale model.
