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 ...
NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter: Mission updates
Oct 14, 2024 · A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the $5 billion Europa Clipper toward Jupiter from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A near Cape Canaveral, Florida on Oct. 14, 2024. Liftoff is set...
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 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). The spacecraft, the largest NASA has ever built for a planetary mission, will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s ...
Europa Clipper - NASA Science
Oct 14, 2024 · 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. On each orbit, the spacecraft will spend less than a day in the dangerous …
NASA and SpaceX Launch Europa Clipper to a Jupiter Moon
Oct 14, 2024 · Europa Clipper, the biggest interplanetary spacecraft that NASA has ever built, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Monday afternoon. The mission will tackle one of...
NASA launches Europa Clipper mission to an icy moon of Jupiter - NBC News
Oct 14, 2024 · Now, humanity is poised to get a closer look at Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon. At 12:06 p.m. ET Monday, NASA launched a mission to Europa, dubbed Europa Clipper. The largest spacecraft the ...
NASA Updates Coverage for Europa Clipper Following Hurricane …
Oct 3, 2024 · After an approximately 1.8-billion-mile journey, Europa Clipper will enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030, where the spacecraft will conduct a detailed survey of Europa to determine whether the icy world could have conditions suitable for life.
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.
Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to …
Oct 13, 2024 · Loaded with over 6,060 pounds (2,750 kilograms) of the propellant that will get Europa Clipper to Jupiter, the spacecraft has been encapsulated in the protective nose cone, or payload fairing, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which is poised for takeoff from historic Launch Complex 39A.