Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated ...

transcript. NASA Launches Mission to Study Jupiter’s Moon Europa Clipper will study whether Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, possesses ingredients and conditions favorable for life.

Europa Clipper is one of NASA’s most expensive science missions yet, with an estimated total lifecycle cost, including four years of operations after arriving at Jupiter in 2030, of $5.2 billion.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft carries a special message from humanity onboard. NASA The $5.2 billion mission began as a concept in 2013, but the road to launch hasn’t been without challenges.

NASA Launches Europa Clipper to Search for Signs of Life on Jupiter’s Moon The huge spacecraft is headed toward the icy moon Europa, where it will use an array of instruments to survey for ...

The Europa Clipper launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Ahead of the Clipper is a six-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey to ...

NASA launches Europa Clipper to probe Jupiter moon 05:17. One day after launching a Starship rocket on a dramatic test flight in Texas, SpaceX fired off a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida on ...

NASA launched the Europa Clipper, a robotic space probe, to study one of Jupiter's moons on Oct. 14 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Video: NASA) ...

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

NASA's 100-foot-long and approximately 58-foot-wide Clipper probe is the largest spacecraft the agency has built for a planetary mission and will travel 1.8 billion miles to Europa.