NASA, Europa and Jupiter
1 Week, 4 Million Km: NASA's Europa Clipper Spacecraft To Swing By Mars Soon On Its Way To Jupiter
Soon the spacecraft will reach Mars to get a push in its journey to the unknown. NASA says Clipper will make its closest approach to the red planet in four months for a gravity assist. According to the timeline, it will come within 500 to 1000 km from the Martian surface.
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission launches to Jupiter moon with potential for life
A massive NASA mission to explore if one of Jupiter’s moons could support life launched Monday morning from Florida.
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life
A massive NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft named Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon's icy crust and determine whether conditions there could support life.
NASA spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's Europa moon
Europa Clipper will make a six-year journey to Jupiter to study Europa, an icy-surfaced moon that scientists believe has “ingredients for life.”
NASA’s Europa Clipper launched on mission to icy Jupiter moon
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 our solar system, the ice-encrusted moon of Jupiter that scientists suspect has a deep subsurface ocean.
NASA launches Europa Clipper mission to reach Jupiter moon by 2030
The $5 billion Europa Clipper will launch from the Kennedy Space Center on Monday for a four-year trek to Jupiter's moon to take a closer look at the possible ocean beneath its icy crust.
WATCH: NASA launches Europa Clipper, will scour Jupiter moon for ingredients of life
Coverage of the launch is expected to begin at 11 a.m. ET and will be added to this story in the video player above. The launch window itself is set to open at 12:06 p.m. ET.
NASA launches mission to Jupiter's moon Europa in search of signs of life
Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA has launched its first mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa, to determine if it harbors conditions suitable to support life. NASA's Europa Clipper launched on Oct. 14 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carried into orbit on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, according to the agency.
NASA's Europa Clipper isn't just a spacecraft — it's a work of art
It's attached to a spacecraft called the Europa Clipper, NASA's solar-winged, silvery probe built to study the intricacies of a Jovian moon that could have harbored life long ago, per scientists' calculations.
NASA’s Europa Clipper could prove alien life is abundant. Here’s how
The Europa Clipper spacecraft will fly to the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, Europa. It is expected to arrive at its destination by 2030. When it does, it will have flown 1.8 billion miles (2.
Could Jupiter's moon be habitable? NASA sends 'Europa Clipper' to find out
The spacecraft will be NASA's first dedicated to studying a distant ice-covered moon in our solar system to determine whether it could be habitable for life.
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