"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to build up the energy we need to get to Jupiter and Europa." Today (March ...

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

Europa Clipper launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 14, 2024, via a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, embarking on a 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) trip to Jupiter, which is five ...

The spacecraft’s liftoff on October 14, 2024, in many ways, was arguably a fingers-crossed undertaking. But the coincidental way that the Europa Clipper team learned about the spacecraft’s ...

The mission's main objective is to investigate ... (JUICE's anticipated arrival at Jupiter is July 2031, roughly a year after Clipper.) Europa Clipper's flyby of Mars on March 1 will bring it ...

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 ...

As Europa Clipper glides above Mars, mission scientists will attempt to do some scans of Mars with the equipment, Traub said. “It’s nerve-wracking, honestly,” Traub said. Traub said he began ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Today (March 1), NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will fly past Mars, gliding just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the Red Planet's surface. This maneuver is designed to ...