NASA Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Europa, but it has some stops to make before it investigates the habitability of the icy ocean moon of Jupiter, including a Mars trip and a brief ...

NASA's mission to send a spacecraft to scour Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life appears back on track after Hurricane Milton forced a delay.

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.

NASA launched its Europa Clipper spacecraft Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for its first mission to Jupiter since 2011. The mission lifted off at 12:06 p.m. ET amid favorable weather ...

Europa Clipper has the potential to be one of the most impactful missions in recent NASA history. "If you fast forward and think about what this spacecraft is going to see and what it's going to ...

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 ...

The Europa Clipper mission got the green light from NASA in 2015, revealed Vance, as engineers and scientists worked together to design and build a spacecraft to reach one of Jupiter’s famed ...

Europa has long been a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial biology because scientists suspect it harbors a ...

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

A NASA mission launching in October will send cameras and other scientific equipment to see, among other things, whether Jupiter's moon Europa could sustain life.

NASA Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Europa, but it has some stops to make before it investigates the habitability of the icy ocean moon of Jupiter, including a Mars trip and a brief ...