NASA's Europa Clipper
WEBEuropa Clipper is a spacecraft that will explore Jupiter's moon Europa, where scientists predict a salty ocean lies beneath its surface. Learn about the mission's goals, timeline, and how Europa's tides and chemistry could support life.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission Looked Doomed. Could …
WEB3 days ago · Jordan Evans, the Europa Clipper project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., explained the situation to the mission’s science leader, Robert Pappalardo, on May 2.
NASA to Preview Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter Moon
WEBSep 11, 2024 · 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. The briefing will be open to media and will air live on NASA+ and the agency’s website, plus Facebook, X, and YouTube.
8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of …
WEB3 days ago · Scientists will then layer the data together to paint a full picture of the moon. 5. With antennas and solar arrays fully deployed, Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission. The spacecraft extends 100 feet (30.5 meters) from one end to the other and about 58 feet (17.6 meters) across.
NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft
WEBMar 3, 2022 · NASA's Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter and conduct multiple close flybys of Europa to gather data on the moon's ocean, atmosphere, and surface. The spacecraft is under assembly at JPL, with nine science instruments, including the ultraviolet spectrograph (Europa-UVS) to search for plumes.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on …
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Learn how NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft survived and thrived in 'outer space' on Earth before its launch to Jupiter's ocean moon. See the challenges and achievements of environmental testing, including thermal …
Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All …
WEBJan 30, 2024 · Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter’s moon Europa 49 times, using nine science instruments to investigate its ocean, atmosphere, surface, and interior. The instruments will work together to reveal whether Europa has conditions that could support life.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Makes Cross-Country Flight to Florida
WEBMay 24, 2024 · NASA's Europa Clipper, a spacecraft to explore Jupiter's moon Europa, is expected to launch later this year from Kennedy Space Center. The launch period opens on Oct. 10 and the mission aims to perform 50 close flybys of Europa starting in 2030.
Overview - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBOverview. NASA is targeting a launch in October 2024 for the Europa Clipper spacecraft. It will launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a journey to the Jupiter system, where it will make multiple flybys of the ocean moon Europa. With gravity assists from Mars and Earth, the journey to Jupiter will take 5½ years.
Europa Clipper - NASA Science
WEBNASA's Europa Clipper is launching Oct. 10, 2024, on the first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter's moon Europa. Scientists predict Europa has a salty ocean beneath its icy crust that could hold the building blocks necessary to sustain life.