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NASA’s Europa Clipper is the first mission dedicated to studying Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, one of the most promising places in our solar system to find an environment suitable for life outside of ...
Europa Clipper: Exploring Jupiter's Ocean Moon (Mission Overview)
On its journey to the Jupiter system, NASA's Europa Clipper will take a path that swings past Mars, then Earth, using the gravity of each planet as a slingshot to boost the spacecraft's speed.
Europa Clipper's Trajectory to Jupiter
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This graphic shows the expected timeline of milestones immediately following lifto...
Europa Clipper Launch Ascent Timeline
Depicted in this artist's concept against an illustration of a basketball court, Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission.
Europa Clipper: NASA's Largest Planetary Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
Scientists think that under the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa a saltwater ocean exists that may contain more than twice as much liquid water as all of Earth's oceans combined.
Europa's Mysterious Interior (Artist's Concept)
NASA's Europa Clipper will study Jupiter's moon Europa up close. Europa orbits the gas giant within a band of powerful radiation generated by the planet's strong magnetic field. The relative intens...
Europa Clipper's Elliptical Orbit (Artist's Concept)
This artist's concept depicts the long, looping path NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will take to reach the Jupiter system.
Europa Clipper's Looping Journey to Jupiter (Artist's Concept)
Meet Dipak Srinivasan, a communications systems engineer for NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft.
NASA Job: Communications Systems Engineer — Behind the Spacecraft: Europa Clipper
Technicians prepare to install the high-gain antenna on NASA’s Europa Clipper at Kennedy Space Center on June 17, 2024.
Europa Clipper High Gain Antenna Install
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center guide Europa Clipper as a crane hoists the spacecraft on May 28, 2024.
Europa Clipper Rotated at KSC
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to rotate Europa Clipper to a vertical position on May 28, 2024, as part of prelaunch processing.
Europa Clipper Spacecraft Rotate to Vertical, Lift and Mate to Work Stand
How was NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft packed and shipped from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to Kennedy Space Center in Florida?
How Do You Deliver a 7,000-Pound Spacecraft?
Europa Clipper rolls into the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on May 23, 2024.
Europa Clipper Rolls Into KSC's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility
A U.S. Air Force transport plane carrying Europa Clipper arrives Kennedy Space Center on May 23, 2024.
Europa Clipper Transport Plane Arrives in Florida
Technicians offload NASA's Europa Clipper from a U.S. Air Force transport aircraft at Kennedy Space Center on May 23, 2024.
Europa Clipper Arrives in Florida
The Europa Clipper spacecraft is about 16 feet (5 meters) in height, and will be the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission.
Europa Clipper and People
With its solar arrays deployed, Europa Clipper spans more than 100 feet (about 30.5 meters) – about the length of a basketball court.
Europa Clipper Compared to a Basketall Court
Everywhere there’s water on Earth, there’s life. Does that hold true elsewhere in our solar system?
Why Does NASA Want to Explore Jupiter's Ocean Moon?
How did the team working on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft test whether the spacecraft will work properly in outer space?
Spacecraft Makers: Simulating Space to Test Europa Clipper
The vault plate just before being installed on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
Europa Clipper Vault Plate: Your Name is Here
The vault plate is installed on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
Europa Clipper Vault Plate Installed
Engineers and technicians attach the vault plate to NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
Europa Clipper Vault Plate Screw Turned
Engineers and technicians move the vault plate into position for installation on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
Placing the Europa Clipper Vault Plate
Engineers and technicians move the vault plate into position for installation on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
Europa Clipper Vault Plate Positioned
A technician prepares to attach the vault plate to NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
Europa Clipper Vault Plate Lifted