Europa Clipper - NASA Science
WEBEuropa 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.
NASA Sets Coverage for Europa Clipper Launch to Jupiter Moon
WEB3 days ago · NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. NASA is targeting launch at 12:31 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 10, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space …
NASA Sets Coverage for Europa Clipper Launch to Jupiter Moon
WEB3 days ago · Events include news briefings, a social media panel, and the live launch broadcast. NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. NASA is targeting launch at 12:31 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 10, on a …
NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Transported to Hangar
WEB1 day ago · The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission, robotic solar-powered Europa Clipper will conduct the first detailed investigations of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter and make nearly 50 flybys of Europa to determine whether there are places below Europa’s surface that could support life.
NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon
WEBThe mission is targeting an Oct. 10, 2024, launch. NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to discuss the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
Mission Updates | News – NASA's Europa Clipper
WEBNASA’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's Voyage to Jupiter's Ocean Moon - NASA
WEB6 days ago · Europa—one of Jupiter’s moons—is a top candidate to support life, thanks to its ocean of liquid, salty water capped by a layer of ice. Lynnae Quick-Henderson, a planetary scientist at NASA, explains how Clipper will search Europa for the building blocks of life. The mission is also a message in a bottle, bringing a …
NASA Sets Coverage for Europa Clipper Launch to Jupiter Moon
WEB3 days ago · NASA. Oct 03, 2024, 11:39 ET. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the agency's mission to explore ...
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WEBOct 10, 2024 · NASA's Europa Clipper is targeting Oct. 10, 2024, for the launch of 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 could hold the building blocks necessary to sustain life.
NASA's Europa Clipper probe to icy Jupiter moon takes big step …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Europa Clipper, which will study the potentially life-harboring Jupiter moon Europa up close, passed a crucial technical review called Key Decision Point E (KDP-E) today (Sept. 9).