Europa Dog Clipper Begins Adventure to Jupiter’s Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket holding NASA’s Europa Clipper space capsule takes off coming from NASA’s Kennedy Room Facility in Fla on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the initial goal made to conduct an in-depth study of Jupiter’s moon Europa to determine if it presently has livable conditions. The space probe will definitely journey 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030.

It will certainly orbit Jupiter and also conduct 49 near flybys of Europa.Follow Europa Clipper’s quest in NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System app.Image credit: SpaceX.