Space

Europa Clipper Begins Trip to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket bring NASA's Europa Dog clipper spacecraft ascends from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is actually the 1st mission created to administer an in-depth research of Jupiter's moon Europa to find out if it presently has livable shapes. The spacecraft will take a trip 1.8 billion kilometers (2.9 billion kilometres) to hit Jupiter in April 2030. It will certainly orbit Jupiter and also carry out 49 close flybys of Europa.Adhere to Europa Dog clipper's experience in NASA's Eyes on the Solar System application.Picture credit score: SpaceX.