Space

Europa Clipper Begins Quest to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy spacecraft bring NASA's Europa Clipper space probe lifts off coming from NASA's Kennedy Area Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is actually the first mission made to perform a comprehensive research of Jupiter's moon Europa to establish if it presently has livable states. The space probe is going to travel 1.8 billion kilometers (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. It is going to orbit Jupiter and also conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.Adhere to Europa Clipper's adventure in NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app.Image credit: SpaceX.