Space

Europa Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy spacecraft carrying NASA's Europa Dog clipper space probe lifts off coming from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Dog clipper is the first mission made to carry out an in-depth study of Jupiter's moon Europa to establish if it presently possesses livable shapes. The space capsule will certainly journey 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometres) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will orbit Jupiter as well as conduct 49 near flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Clipper's quest in NASA's Eyes on the Planetary system app.Graphic credit scores: SpaceX.