Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated astrobiology mission to the Jupiter ocean moon Europa.

Advertisement NASA Launches Europa Clipper to Explore an Ocean Moon’s Habitability The spacecraft lifted off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a nearly six-year journey to ...

A Falcon Heavy lifts off Oct. 14 from the Kennedy Space Center carrying NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: Brandon Lindner MILAN — A long-awaited mission to study if an icy moon of ...

A mission to study one of the solar system’s most promising environments that may be suitable for life has lifted off. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft — designed to explore its namesake ...

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 ...

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Clipper space probe launches from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 14, 2024, on a mission to orbit Jupiter and study its icy moon, Europa, for signs ...

Europa Clipper has launched: Spacecraft traveling to Jupiter's icy moon to look for signs of life "Our next chapter in space exploration has begun," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said after the ...

NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon The spacecraft will complete nearly 50 flybys of the Jupiter moon of Europa to determine if there are conditions suitable ...

Scientists are eager to see if Europa's subsurface ocean could support life, as NASA's Europa Clipper is scheduled to begin its journey.

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.