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NASA launches Europa Clipper to explore Jupiter's ocean moon

nasa.gov — October 16, 2024, 10:00 PM UTC

Summary: NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft launched on October 14, 2024, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. It is the largest spacecraft NASA has built for a mission to another planet and the first dedicated to studying an ocean moon beyond Earth.

The mission aims to explore Europa, a moon of Jupiter believed to have a subsurface ocean that could support life. Europa Clipper will travel 1.8 billion miles, using gravity assists from Mars and Earth, and will begin its scientific flybys of Europa in 2031.

The spacecraft is equipped with nine science instruments to study Europa's icy shell, atmosphere, and geology. It will make 49 close passes, gathering data to help determine if the moon is habitable.

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