Europa Clipper is launching to solve an alien mystery - Science News
WEB8 hours ago · To get to Jupiter, Europa Clipper will swoop past Mars and Earth, using the gravity of both planets to shape its trajectory and get up to speed. It will enter Jupiter’s orbit on April 11, 2030 ...
NASA Sets Coverage for Europa Clipper Launch to Jupiter Moon
WEB5 days ago · NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. NASA is targeting launch at 12:31 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 10, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space …
Europa Clipper - NASA Science
WEBEuropa Clipper is a robotic solar-powered spacecraft built to conduct the first detailed investigations of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. With its solar arrays deployed, Europa Clipper spans more than 100 feet (about 30 meters) – about the length of a basketball court.
NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon
WEBEuropa Clipper’s launch period opens on Thursday, Oct. 10. 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 Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Europa Clipper Press Kit - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBNASA’s Europa Clipper is the first mission to focus on Jupiter’s intriguing ocean moon Europa as a primary target. The agency is targeting a launch in October 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA's Europa Clipper probe to icy Jupiter moon takes big step …
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Europa Clipper, which will study the potentially life-harboring Jupiter moon Europa up close, passed a crucial technical review called Key Decision Point E (KDP-E) today (Sept. 9).
Europa Clipper Newsroom - Science@NASA
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Workers prepare to install the nearly 10 feet (3 meters) wide dish-shaped high-gain antenna to NASA’s Europa Clipper, a spacecraft to study Jupiter’s icy moon, at the agency’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, June 17, 2024.
Mission Updates | News – NASA's Europa Clipper
WEBNASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft got outfitted with a set of enormous solar arrays at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Each measuring about 46½ feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13½ feet (4.1 meters) high, the arrays are the biggest NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on …
WEBMar 27, 2024 · In less than six months, NASA is set to launch Europa Clipper on a 1.6-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) voyage to Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa. From the wild vibrations of the rocket ride to the intense heat and cold of space to the punishing radiation of Jupiter, it will be a journey of extremes. The spacecraft was recently put through a ...
NASA’s Europa Clipper Makes Cross-Country Flight to Florida
WEBMay 24, 2024 · Europa Clipper joins the spacecraft’s two five-panel solar arrays that arrived at Kennedy in March. The arrays, each 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long, will collect enough sunlight to power the spacecraft on its way to Jupiter’s moon.