Despite not heading directly to Jupiter, NASA's Europa Clipper mission is embarking on a six-year odyssey to explore the icy moon Europa. This extended travel time is primarily due to the spacecraft's ...

Nasa’s mission to a Galilean moon of Jupiter that’s encrusted in a thick shell of ice will let us know if its bulky ocean has ...

The Europa Clipper mission will only be able to do a low fly-by of Europa for a couple of hours every three weeks, because longer immersion in Jupiter’s huge radiation zone would fry its electronics.

The spacecraft must navigate the vast distance between Earth and Jupiter, which is approximately 779 million kilometers at its closest approach.

Europa Clipper is the first mission designed to conduct a detailed study of Jupiter's moon Europa. It will travel about 2.9 ...

Europa is considered one of the solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth. Read more at ...

Scientists suspect that beneath Europa’s icy crust is a giant ocean of liquid water. They launched a spacecraft to ...

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NASA's Europa Clipper launches toward Jupiter's moon, Europa, on a mission to explore its icy surface and potential for life.

The NASA-led Artemis program aims to get astronauts back onto the moon in coming years, and build a sustainable presence there. ESA is engaged in the program and contributing to Artemis' Gateway ...

In a groundbreaking revelation that has reshaped the way we look at our Solar System, Nasa’s Galileo spacecraft made a ...