Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter
Oct 14, 2024 · A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase ...
Mission Updates | News – NASA's Europa Clipper
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft got outfitted with a set of enormous solar arrays at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Each measuring about 46½ feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13½ feet (4.1 meters) high, the arrays are the biggest NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission.
Europa Clipper - NASA Science
Oct 14, 2024 · Europa Clipper will try to determine if Jupiter's icy moon Europa currently has habitable conditions. Europa Clipper will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter, and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.
Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter
Oct 14, 2024 · After it begins orbiting Jupiter in April 2030, the spacecraft will fly past Europa 49 times. Highlights from the Oct. 14, 2024, launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will travel 1.8 billion miles to Jupiter and its icy moon Europa.
Europa Clipper Homepage - NASA Science
NASA's Europa Clipper Launch. NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft to explore Europa, an ocean moon orbiting Jupiter. Europa Clipper’s launch is targeted for on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 UTC).
NASA Updates Coverage for Europa Clipper Following Hurricane …
Oct 3, 2024 · Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission. It carries a suite of nine instruments along with a gravity experiment that will investigate an ocean beneath Europa’s surface, which scientists believe contains twice as much liquid water as Earth’s oceans.
Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to …
Oct 13, 2024 · In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. Its sights are set on Jupiter’s ice-encased moon Europa, which the spacecraft will fly by 49 times, coming as close as 16 miles (25 kilometers) from the surface as it searches for ...
NASA and SpaceX Launch Europa Clipper to a Jupiter Moon
Oct 14, 2024 · The $5.2 billion Europa Clipper mission is the first by NASA devoted to filling in the blanks to the question of habitability on these ocean worlds. “I think Europa is certainly the most likely ...
NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
Oct 14, 2024 · NASA’s Europa Clipper will be the first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists believe Europa has a salty ocean beneath its icy crust that potentially could hold the ingredients necessary to sustain life.
Live Coverage for NASA’s Europa Clipper Begins
Oct 14, 2024 · NASA’s Europa Clipper will be the first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists predict Europa has a salty ocean beneath its icy crust that potentially could hold the building blocks necessary to sustain life.