Jupiter's moon Europa is a prime candidate for alien life. NASA is sending its biggest interplanetary spacecraft ever to ...

"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 ...

NASA is getting ready to launch is new project into space later this year. The Europa Clipper spacecraft is in its final preparations before being shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life. NASA's Europa Clipper mission is on a quest to investigate whether the ...

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 ...

NASA engineers at the Langley Research Center ... vehicle that is the currently mandated booster for the upcoming Europa Clipper mission. The first of six major testing campaigns began last ...

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 ...

However, NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission will take a closer look at the moon in 2030 to help determine if the conditions there are more or less suitable for life. For now, this discovery ...

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 ...

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