NASA's Europa Clipper mission lifted off successfully on Monday, marking the agency's first mission to Jupiter in over a decade. The $5.2 billion spacecraft aims to investigate whether Europa, Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, could harbor conditions suitable for life. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket laun...

Europa Clipper lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 p.m. EDT on October 14, 2024 to begin a six-year journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, which the spacecraft will fly by 49 times, coming as close as 25 km (16 miles) from the surface as it searches for ingredients of life.

NASA's Europa Clipper probe blasted off from Florida on Monday, bound for an icy moon of Jupiter to discover whether it has the ingredients to support life.

NASA launched a spacecraft from Florida on Monday on a mission to examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be lurking beneath its thick outer shell of ice.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center on top of a SpaceX Super Heavy rocket Monday morning, beginning a six-year trek to Jupiter's icy moon.

A spacecraft is scheduled to launch on Monday from Kennedy Space Center, aiming to search for signs of extraterrestrial life on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. Previous studies suggest that beneath Europa's frozen surface lies a vast saltwater ocean, potentially capable of supporting life forms.

Flagship 'Europa Clipper' aims reach Jupiter in April 2030

See the latest updates for the launch of NASA's Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy moon here.

See the latest updates for the launch of NASA's Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy moon here.

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

The space agency believes Jupiter’s moon is one of the “most promising places” to find habitable environments in the solar system.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a journey to Jupiter's moon Europa, an icy world suspected of harboring a potential ocean and ingredients for life.

It will take 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter and will sneak within 25 kilometers of Europa's surface — considerably closer than any other spacecraft.

The space agency believes Jupiter’s moon is one of the “most promising places” to find habitable environments in the solar system.

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 largest spacecraft NASA ever built for a mission headed to another planet, Europa Clipper also is the first NASA mission dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth.

Liftoff after dodging hurricanes and paranoia scrub

It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around giant gas planet and sneak close to Europa during dozens of radiation-drenched flybys

NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, considered one of the solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth. Scientists say the mission will investigate whether…

NASA launched Europa Clipper to see if Jupiter's moon Europa could host alien life.Scientists think Europa contains a vast saltwater ocean deep

NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, considered one of our solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth, to learn whether this ice-encased world believed to harbor a vast underground ocean is habitable.

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

The spacecraft, Nasa’s largest ever built for a planetary mission, will travel 2.9 billion kilometers over the course of six years, arriving at Europa in 2030.

The NASA Jupiter Europa Clipper rocket is blasting off to explore Jupiter and its moon Europa - and marks humanity's best opportunity yet to find life beyond Earth

With a spacecraft launching soon, the mission will try to answer the question of whether there are ingredients suitable for life in the ocean below Europa's icy crust.

NASA's Europa Clipper probe will study Jupiter's moon Europa, which is thought to have an underground ocean and a potentially habitable environment

After traveling nearly 2.9 billion kilometers, the spacecraft will begin a series of 49 close flybys of Europa in 2030.

NASA's Europa spacecraft launched today on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. It will slingshot around Mars, then Earth, and reach Jupiter in April 2030. Once in orbit around Jupiter, the…

The spacecraft lifted off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: NASA's Europa Clipper probe blasted off from Florida on Monday, bound for the icy moon of Jupiter to discover whether it has the ingredients to support life. Lift-off aboard a powerful SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket took place shortly after noon local time, with the probe set to reach

The spacecraft lifted off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter.

The $5 billion mission will investigate Europa's potential to harbour conditions suitable for life beneath its icy crust.

Is there anywhere else in our solar system that could support life? An imposing NASA probe is due to lift off on Monday on a five-and-a-half-year journey to Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons, to take ...

Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter’s

(Bloomberg) — NASA is about to launch a $5.2 billion mission to Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa, a major step to determine if the distant world has the conditions to host life.

After being stalled due to hurricane Milton, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission aims to fly to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in search of life.

Hot on the heels of its successful mid-air booster catch during its Sunday Starship Flight 5 mission, SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center around lunchtime on Monday.

A spaceship is due to take off from Florida this morning for a mission to look for life on Jupiter.

Nasa Launches hugely significant mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter that could contain the first signs of life beyond planet Earth.

A Nasa rocket has launched on a mission to investigate if a Jupiter moon can support life.

Nasa's spacecraft could change what we know about life in our solar system.