Europa Clipper is NASA's mission to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and determine whether its underground ocean is habitable. The mission launched on Oct. 14, 2024, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket ...

Read our full Europa Clipper launch wrap story. Flight controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory operations center did report an apparent venting issue with the probe's propulsion system ...

That was seen as evidence that the propulsion system is working fine. Clipper’s journey to Europa will not be direct. It will get a gravity assist by sling-shotting around Mars early next year ...

"By exploring the unknown, Europa Clipper will help us better understand whether there is the potential for life not just within our solar system, but among the billions of moons and planets ...

Astronomers believe oceans worlds such as Europa are common outside of our solar system ... Europa Clipper project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The orbiter is now prepared to get ...

To make these lander missions happen, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has been working on a robot that could handle the ...

The Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off at 12:06 ... NASA officials reported a possible venting issue with the probe's propulsion system but later confirmed that the propulsion system appeared ...

There is very strong evidence that the ingredients for life exist on Europa, but we have to go there to find out,' said Dr Bonnie Buratti, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the mission's ...

The Europa Clipper launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Ahead of the Clipper is a six-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey to ...

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." ...

That was seen as evidence that the propulsion system is working fine. Clipper’s journey to Europa will not be direct. It will get a gravity assist by sling-shotting around Mars early next year ...

Flight controllers reported an apparently vent failure on the spacecraft, which the team is looking into, but did say Europa Clipper's propulsion system does appear to still be working as planned.