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

NASA's Europa Clipper launches toward Jupiter's moon, Europa, on a mission to explore its icy surface and potential for life.

A mission that will investigate the potential habitability of an ice-covered ocean world in our solar system — Jupiter’s moon ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast ...

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

Are you celebrating Europa Clipper’s launch with a launch watch party? Take a photo of your celebration and share on social media with the hashtag #EuropaClipper. Tune in to NASA’s live broadcast of ...

Europa Clipper Mission: NASA is preparing to launch one of its most ambitious space missions to date: the Europa Clipper. Set to travel nearly 1.8 billion miles from Earth, the spacecraft will explore ...

The Europa Clipper probe — which is the length of a basketball court and the largest craft the agency has sent on a planetary mission — is slated to blast to this distant realm on Oct. 10.

The evidence for an ocean began to mount from the late 1990s onwards. The Europa Clipper mission will carry nine instruments designed to assess whether this ocean world is habitable. A place may be ...

On October 10, NASA's Europa Clipper will hopefully begin a five-year journey to look for the components necessary for life in one of the most promising places in our solar system. Europa ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission aims to investigate whether there are regions beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, that could support life. Its primary focus is to determine the ...