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

Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface.

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

It won't land, but the robotic spacecraft will fly as close as 16 miles to the moon's frozen surface to probe oceans of ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission aims to investigate the potential for life on Jupiter's moon, Europa. The spacecraft, equipped ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft (illustrated here with Jupiter in the background) will come within 16 miles of the moon's surface. For more than a quarter century, scientists have wanted to send ...

Both were cancelled in 2011, but out of the ashes came Esa's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) and NASA's Europa Clipper. Juice launched in April 2023 and will arrive in July 2031, while Europa ...

Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft will conduct a detailed study of the moon, looking for potential places where Europa might host alien life. It’s the largest planetary exploration ...

SpaceX SpaceX and NASA have called off Thursday’s planned launch of the Europa Clipper mission due to Hurricane Milton, which is heading east toward Florida, home of the Kennedy Space Center.

The countdown is on as Europa Clipper is scheduled to launch this month on a SpaceX Falcon rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The spacecraft will travel 2.9 billion kilometres to ...

The Europa Clipper's impending launch represents the start of a flagship mission for the U.S. space agency that has been years in the making. While NASA spacecraft have been busy studying asteroids, ...