Space

Europa Clipper Starts Trip to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket holding NASA's Europa Dog clipper space probe takes off coming from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fla on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the initial mission developed to perform an in-depth study of Jupiter's moon Europa to calculate if it currently possesses livable conditions. The space capsule will journey 1.8 billion kilometers (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will certainly orbit Jupiter as well as conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Clipper's quest in NASA's Eyes on the Solar System application.Graphic credit report: SpaceX.

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