Space

Europa Dog Clipper Begins Experience to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy spacecraft lugging NASA's Europa Dog clipper space capsule takes off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fla on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the 1st mission created to conduct a comprehensive research study of Jupiter's moon Europa to establish if it currently has livable conditions. The space probe will certainly take a trip 1.8 billion kilometers (2.9 billion km) to hit Jupiter in April 2030. It will certainly orbit Jupiter and administer 49 near flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Clipper's trip in NASA's Eyes on the Planetary system app.Graphic credit scores: SpaceX.