Ahead of Milton, NASA made the call to delay the Clipper launch as teams secured the spacecraft in a hangar at Launch Complex 39A before it had been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
The Europa Clipper launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Ahead of the Clipper is a six-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey to ...
The Europa Clipper is the largest interplanetary spacecraft that NASA has ever built. Once the spacecraft is unfurled it will be about the size of a basketball court spanning over 100 feet.
Europa Clipper is NASA's mission to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and determine whether its underground ocean is habitable. The mission is scheduled to launch on Oct. 14, 2024, atop a SpaceX ...