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 ...

Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated ...

The Europa Clipper spacecraft, which main science goal is to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, that could support life, is seen in April being ...

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.

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 ...

Spacecraft Europa Clipper traveling to Jupiter's icy moon to look for signs of life "Our next chapter in space exploration has begun," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said after the launch.

The launch will take place from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Once it launches, ahead of the Clipper is a 1.8 billion-mile journey to Europa on a ...

Europa Clipper will face a challenge once it reaches the planet's moon — exposure to radiation, since the moon is within Jupiter’s magnetic field.

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.

National News NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life It won’t search for life, but rather determine whether conditions there could support it.

A NASA mission to explore a Jupiter moon believed to be one of our galaxy's most promising locations to search for life-supporting conditions is at long last underway. The Europa Clipper launched ...

Still in action around Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has added to Europa’s photo album. Arriving at Jupiter a year after Clipper will be the European Space Agency’s Juice spacecraft ...