Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter
6 天之前 · A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. After launch, the spacecraft plans to fly by Mars in February 2025, then back by Earth in December 2026, using the gravity of each planet to increase ...
Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter
6 天之前 · 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.
NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter: Mission updates
6 天之前 · Europa Clipper, a $5 billion flagship mission to an icy moon of Jupiter, is currently scheduled to lift off at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tiny ...
Q&A: How the Europa Clipper will set cameras on a distant ... - MIT News
5 天之前 · With its latest space mission successfully launched, NASA is set to return for a close-up investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Yesterday at 12:06 p.m. EDT, the Europa Clipper lifted off via SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on a mission that will take a close look at Europa’s icy surface. Five years from now, the spacecraft will visit the moon, which hosts a water ocean …
NASA and SpaceX Launch Europa Clipper to a Jupiter Moon
6 天之前 · After a journey of five and a half years and 1.8 billion miles, Europa Clipper is scheduled to enter orbit around Jupiter on April 11, 2030. It will then make 49 flybys of Europa over four years.
Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper sails toward ocean moon of Jupiter
6 天之前 · FULL STORY. 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 ...
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter's moon | AP News
6 天之前 · This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Europa Clipper spacecraft over the moon, Europa, with Jupiter at background left. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...
NASA launches Europa Clipper mission to an icy moon of Jupiter - NBC News
6 天之前 · Now, humanity is poised to get a closer look at Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon. At 12:06 p.m. ET Monday, NASA launched a mission to Europa, dubbed Europa Clipper. The largest spacecraft the ...
Europa Clipper - NASA Science
Europa Clipper will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter, and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa. On each orbit, the spacecraft will spend less than a day in the dangerous radiation zone near Europa before zipping back out.
Europa Clipper Press Kit - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA’s Europa Clipper is the first mission to focus on Jupiter’s intriguing ocean moon Europa as a primary target. The agency is targeting a launch in October 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.