When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's flagship Europa Clipper spacecraft will explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa on a mission ...

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 ...

Ahead of Milton, NASA made the call to delay the Clipper launch as teams secured the spacecraft in a hangar at Launch Complex 39A before it had been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

Once it reaches its destination, the Europa Clipper will examine the Jupiter's moon Europa. That moon is almost entirely covered by a vast ocean underneath a crust of ice. Scientists have long ...

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Here’s how it works. NASA has successfully launched the Europa Clipper, the agency's biggest-ever interplanetary spacecraft, into space and it's now headed for Jupiter's frozen moon Europa.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Europa Clipper, the largest robotic probe the agency has ever built, rocketed into space Monday on a mission to scrutinize one of the most intriguing worlds in ...

Related: Europa Clipper launch postponed until at least Oct. 13 due to Hurricane Milton Europa Clipper’s launch was originally scheduled for Oct. 10, but that was delayed by Hurricane Milton.

With the Europa Clipper now on its 1.8-billion mile, 5½-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA has officially retired a “tremendous amount of risk on the mission ...

The craft, called Europa Clipper, was on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket which blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral under sunny skies. Its launch had been delayed for several days ...

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 ...

Now NASA may have the chance to find out, as its ambitious Europa Clipper mission is set to launch ... and an energy source. In Europa's case, an energy source could be thermal vents on the ...