Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated astrobiology mission to the Jupiter ocean moon Europa.

Europa Clipper is NASA’s bold mission to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor life beneath its frozen ...

The Europa Clipper launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Ahead of the Clipper is a six-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey to ...

NASA has launched its Europa Clipper mission to the icy moon of Jupiter. Thought to contain an underground ocean and potentially habitable environment, Europa has long been a tantalizing target.

Once the spacecraft reaches Jupiter in 2030, it will orbit the planet and begin making 49 close flybys of Europa in the spring of 2031, according to NASA. Space Rare comet to streak across night sky.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation.. On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ice-covered Jovian ...

NASA and SpaceX are both "GO" to launch the Europa Clipper spacecraft toward Jupiter's moon Europa on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 after days of delays caused by the impacts of Hurricane Milton on its ...

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It’s encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

The Jupiter moon Europa captured by the Juno spacecraft during a flyby in 2022. Oceans of water slosh beneath Europa’s surface under a shell of ice that could be more than 10 miles thick.

This will give the Europa Clipper enough energy to set a course for Jupiter at last. Reaching the Jovian system in 2030, the orbiter will fire its engines to slow its approach to the gas giant and ...

Europa, the superstar among Jupiter’s many moons. One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles ...

Europa Clipper is scheduled to enter Jupiter's orbit in 2030 after a six-year journey of 1.8 billion miles. It will give researchers new insights via 49 close flybys of the moon over four years.