Space

Europa Clipper Starts Quest to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Dog clipper space capsule ascends from NASA's Kennedy Area Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the first purpose developed to administer a thorough research study of Jupiter's moon Europa to find out if it currently has livable shapes. The space capsule is going to travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometres) to get to Jupiter in April 2030. It will definitely orbit Jupiter and conduct 49 near flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Clipper's quest in NASA's Eyes on the Planetary system app.Graphic credit report: SpaceX.