N ASA's Europa Clipper, which launched Oct. 14 on a journey to Jupiter's moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million kilometers) from Earth. Two science instruments have deployed hardware ...

With an array of scientific instruments, Europa Clipper will study the water, energy, and chemistry present on the moon. Europa Clipper will use cameras that detect visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ...

For at least the next three years, EIS has its protective covers closed. Europa Clipper carries nine science instruments, plus the telecommunications equipment that will be used for a gravity ...

Europa Clipper will be closest to the Red Planet ... close proximity to the Red Planet and test two of the mission's science instruments. About a day prior to the closest approach, the mission ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.

However, Europa Clipper has operated flawlessly ... provides the mission team an opportunity to test two onboard scientific instruments. For one, engineers plan to turn on the spacecraft ...

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NASA has been preparing for their Europa Clipper mission since 2013, when the mission’s pre-project was approved. The spacecraft is roughly the length of a basketball court, making it the ...