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.

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 ...

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 ...

Before Milton tore a path of destruction through Florida, the Europa Clipper had been on track for an Oct. 10 launch. The fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, Europa is an icy celestial body ...

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 ...

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.

The $5.2 billion mission is expected to end in 2034, when Europa Clipper will slam into Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede. NASA has previously sent a much smaller probe, Juno, into orbit around ...

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.

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.

By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer ...