Biting his nails and watching the launch with his family from his Chico home on Oct. 14, his big moment of relief came when ...

The first dedicated spacecraft to explore Europa, the mission will investigate the potential habitability of the moon's ...

Thus, Congress’ 2021 omnibus spending bill directed a full and open investigation to select a commercial launch vehicle for Europa Clipper should SLS not be ready for the spacecraft’s launch ...

Europa Clipper is NASA's mission to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and determine whether its underground ocean is habitable. The mission launched on Oct. 14, 2024, atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket ...

None of the three booster cores of this Falcon Heavy will be recovered to maximize vehicle performance to send Europa Clipper on its way to Jupiter. “I can’t think of a better mission to sacri ...

Europa’s crop circles will be better understood (hopefully) when Europa Clipper, NASA’s largest planetary mission in its 66-year history, completes the 1.8 billion mile trek through space that ...

Now, the spacecraft has successfully entered orbit and NASA confirmed they received a signal from Europa Clipper about an ... which help control the vehicle’s flow of electricity recover from ...

The Europa Clipper could takeoff as early as 12:06 p.m. EDT Monday following a launch readiness review. If for some reason the launch must be delayed again, NASA and SpaceX have indicated the ...

Liftoff of Falcon Heavy with Europa Clipper, unveiling the mysteries of ... “And there we heard the call for Max Q. The vehicle is passing through maximum dynamic pressure.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. Monday, beginning a nearly six-year, 1.8-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter, where it will study the frozen moon Europa, scanning below its ...