Space

Europa Dog Clipper Starts Quest to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lugging NASA's Europa Clipper space capsule lifts off coming from NASA's Kennedy Space Facility in Fla on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the first objective designed to perform an in-depth research of Jupiter's moon Europa to establish if it presently has livable conditions. The spacecraft is going to take a trip 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.Adhere to Europa Clipper's quest in NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app.Picture credit history: SpaceX.