Europa Clipper - NASA Science
Europa Clipper is a robotic solar-powered spacecraft built to conduct the first detailed investigations of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. With its solar arrays deployed, Europa Clipper spans more than 100 feet (about 30 meters) – about the length of a basketball court.
Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to …
2024年10月13日 · In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. Its sights are set on Jupiter’s ice-encased moon Europa, which the spacecraft will fly by 49 times, coming as close as 16 miles (25 kilometers) from the surface as it searches for ...
Meet NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft
2024年10月14日 · Europa Clipper’s propulsion module is an aluminum cylinder 10 feet (3 meters) long and 5 feet wide. It holds the spacecraft’s 24 engines, fuel tanks, as well as the spacecraft’s helium pressurant tanks. Europa Clipper’s electronics are enclosed in a vault with walls made of 1/3-inch-thick (9.2-mm) sheets of aluminum-zinc alloy to ...
NASA and SpaceX Launch Europa Clipper to a Jupiter Moon - The …
2024年10月14日 · Europa Clipper is the biggest interplanetary spacecraft that NASA has ever built. At launch, it weighed about 12,500 pounds — nearly half of that is propellant.
NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter: Live updates | Space
2024年10月14日 · A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the $5 billion Europa Clipper toward Jupiter from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A near Cape Canaveral, Florida on Oct. 14, 2024. Liftoff is set for 12: ...
WATCH LIVE: NASA launches Europa Clipper to scour Jupiter …
2024年10月14日 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Watch the launch live in the player above ...
Overview | Mission – NASA's Europa Clipper
2024年10月10日 · NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform dozens of close flybys of Jupiter’s moon Europa, gathering detailed measurements to investigate the moon.
8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of …
2024年9月17日 · NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest the agency has ever built for a planetary mission, will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers) from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Europa, an intriguing icy moon of Jupiter.
Europa Clipper Press Kit - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
NASA’s Europa Clipper is the first mission to focus on Jupiter’s intriguing ocean moon Europa as a primary target. The agency is targeting a launch in October 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In Depth – NASA's Europa Clipper
On April 14, 2023, ESA launched its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or Juice, mission to explore Jupiter and its three largest icy moons, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. NASA’s Europa Clipper will be the first spacecraft designed to observe Europa exclusively and thoroughly. Europa Exploration Timeline