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 will try to determine if Jupiter's icy moon Europa currently has habitable conditions. Europa Clipper will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter, and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Transported to Hangar
WEB3 days ago · The largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission, robotic solar-powered Europa Clipper will conduct the first detailed investigations of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter and make nearly 50 flybys of Europa to determine whether there are places below Europa’s surface that could support life.
NASA, SpaceX Secure Europa Clipper Ahead of Hurricane
WEB3 days ago · NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Thursday, Oct. 10, launch attempt of the agency’s Europa Clipper mission due to anticipated hurricane conditions in the area. Hurricane Milton is expected to move from the Gulf of Mexico this week moving east to the Space Coast. High winds and heavy rain are expected in …
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 to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon
WEBThe mission is targeting an Oct. 10, 2024, launch. NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to discuss the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
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.
Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All …
WEBJan 30, 2024 · With less than nine months remaining in the countdown to launch, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has passed a major milestone: Its science instruments have been added to the massive spacecraft, which is being assembled at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Europa Clipper - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBOct 10, 2024 · NASA's Europa Clipper will conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Makes Cross-Country Flight to Florida
WEBMay 24, 2024 · Technicians offload NASA’s largest planetary mission spacecraft, Europa Clipper, from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23.