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 ...

In short order, they pulled together a full list of Europa Clipper’s parts. “We knew all of the MOSFETs that we had on the spacecraft and in instruments. We then replicated the test results ...

The close flyby offers a bonus opportunity for mission scientists, who will test their radar instrument and thermal imager. Europa Clipper will be closest to the Red Planet at 12:57 p.m. EST ...

Plus, during its closest approach, the Europa Clipper's radar instrument will also be tested to make sure it is operating as expected. The probe's radar antennas are so massive that they could not ...

Soon, they may have answers. In October, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send Europa Clipper, a satellite orbiter with nine analytical instruments, to Europa to study its ...

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Rayme Traub placed his daughter’s name onto the interior vault of Europa Clipper, a NASA probe that will eventually soar to Jupiter. While members of the public could get their names onto a ...