October 10, 2024
Europa Clipper, a mission to Jupiter's icy moon
HighlightsJupiter's moon Europa hosts a gigantic saltwater ocean underneath a thick shell of ice.
Europa may have everything needed to host life as we know it.
NASA's Europa Clipper mission will launch in 2024 and arrive at Jupiter in 2030 to determine whether Europa, and other worlds like it, could support life. Image credit: JUNO EUROPA FLYBY COMPOSITE This view of Europa is a composite image of 3 datasets collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its perijove 45 flyby.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill Launch date October 10, 2024 (planned)[9]
Rocket Falcon Heavy[10]
Launch site Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A
Contractor SpaceX More details »
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