Space

Europa Clipper Starts Quest to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket holding NASA's Europa Clipper space probe ascends coming from NASA's Kennedy Space Facility in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the very first purpose made to administer a comprehensive study of Jupiter's moon Europa to establish if it currently has habitable conditions. The spacecraft is going to take a trip 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to hit Jupiter in April 2030. It will definitely orbit Jupiter and also administer 49 close flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Clipper's journey in NASA's Eyes on the Planetary system application.Photo credit history: SpaceX.

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