After ten years of development and construction, NASA's Europa Clipper mission is just months away from departing Earth on its journey to the Jovian system. The five-year trip will subject the ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA’s Europa Clipper, now en route to Jupiter, departed with less-than-satisfactory and vulnerable devices that are susceptible to Jupiter’s ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Today (March 1), NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will fly past Mars, gliding just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the Red Planet's surface. This maneuver is designed to ...

NASA JPL’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest planetary probe ever built, will launch as early as Friday to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon. Oct. 9, 2024 The probe will, for the first ...

Scientists in protective suits assemble the Europa Clipper spacecraft in a cavernous clean room at JPL. JPL’s daunting to-do list includes the launch next year of the spacecraft Europa Clipper ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life. NASA's Europa Clipper mission is on a quest to investigate whether the ...

Rayme Traub placed his daughter’s name onto the interior vault of Europa Clipper, a NASA probe that will eventually soar to Jupiter. While members of the public could get their names onto a ...

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NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational ... acts on the spacecraft to bend its path," said NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission systems engineer Brett Smith in a statement.

More than a decade in development, the Europa Clipper is set to launch ... says Laurie Leshin of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 45 Years Ago, NASA Launched An Infographic For Aliens Into Space ...

Europa Clipper mission planner at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a statement. "Everything has to line up — the geometry of the solar system has to be just right to pull it off." ...