Space

Europa Dog Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy spacecraft holding NASA's Europa Clipper space probe lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Room Facility in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the initial mission designed to conduct a detailed research study of Jupiter's moon Europa to establish if it presently has habitable conditions. The space probe will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometres) to hit Jupiter in April 2030. It is going to orbit Jupiter and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Clipper's adventure in NASA's Eyes on the Solar System application.Photo credit rating: SpaceX.

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