Mission Updates | News – NASA's Europa Clipper
NASA’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.
Europa Clipper - NASA Science
Oct 14, 2024 · Europa Clipper is the first mission designed to conduct a detailed study of Jupiter's moon Europa. There’s scientific evidence that the ingredients for life may exist on Europa right now. The spacecraft will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030.
Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter
Highlights from the Oct. 14, 2024, launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will travel 1.8 billion miles to Jupiter and its icy moon Europa. The Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:06 a.m. PDT (12:06 p.m. EDT).
NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter: Mission updates
Oct 14, 2024 · NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has begun its 1.8 billion-mile trek to Jupiter and appears to be working well after today's successful launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Read our full...
Europa Clipper Homepage - NASA Science
Europa 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.
Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter
Oct 14, 2024 · NASA’s Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. The spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT Monday aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to …
Oct 13, 2024 · Europa Clipper’s three main science objectives are to determine the thickness of the moon’s icy shell and its interactions with the ocean below, to investigate its composition, and to characterize its geology. ... News Media Contact. Meira Bernstein / Karen Fox. NASA Headquarters, Washington. 202-358-1600. [email protected] / karen ...
NASA Updates Coverage for Europa Clipper Following Hurricane …
Oct 3, 2024 · Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission. It carries a suite of nine instruments along with a gravity experiment that will investigate an ocean beneath Europa’s surface, which scientists believe contains twice as much liquid water as Earth’s oceans.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission: By the Numbers
Oct 14, 2024 · 2030 — Mission planners are sending Europa Clipper past Mars and then Earth, using the planets’ gravity as a slingshot to add speed to the spacecraft’s trek. After journeying about 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers) over 5 1/2 years, the spacecraft will fire its engines to enter orbit around Jupiter in 2030.
NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
Oct 14, 2024 · NASA’s Europa Clipper will be the first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists believe Europa has a salty ocean beneath its icy crust that potentially could hold the ingredients necessary to sustain life.