NASA's Europa Clipper launched on Oct. 14 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carried into orbit on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, according to the agency.

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is set for launch, finally revealing if this icy moon of Jupiter is habitable or not.

Once the spacecraft reaches Jupiter in 2030, it will orbit the planet and begin making 49 close flybys of Europa in the spring of 2031, according to NASA.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will make 49 flybys of Jupiter's ocean moon Europa. The space agency's animation shows the mission's unique orbit.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Clipper space probe launches from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 14, 2024, on a mission to orbit Jupiter and study its icy moon, Europa, for signs ...

On its way to Jupiter's orbit, Europa Clipper will visit Mars' vicinity in March for a gravity assist, before it heads Earthward, and then eventually on a path to visit Europa.

Now, the spacecraft has successfully entered orbit and NASA confirmed they received a signal from Europa Clipper about an hour and 10 minutes after launch, which means that mission control is ...

Testing a robot that could drill into Europa and Enceladus We don't currently have a mission to put it on, but NASA is making sure it's ready.

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

The researchers won’t be able to open SUDA’s door until after Europa Clipper crosses Mars’ orbit for the last time a little more than two years from now—at that point, they can begin sampling ...

Clipper will orbit Jupiter and make at least 49 flybys of Europa, to limit the amount of time the spacecraft spends in Jupiter’s punishing radiation belts.

Scientists are eager to see if Europa's subsurface ocean could support life, as NASA's Europa Clipper is scheduled to begin its journey.