Europa Clipper: NASA’s Mission to Jupiter's Ocean Moon

Europa Clipper: NASA’s Mission to Jupiter's Ocean Moon

Our solar system has a number of worlds with water, but is Earth the only one with the right environment to support life? This is the question NASA’s Europa Clipper aims to answer. 

Europa Clipper is the first mission dedicated to studying Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists believe this moon has a salty ocean under its icy shell. While not designed to detect life, the spacecraft is equipped with nine science instruments and a gravity experiment. These will all help determine whether this moon could be habitable. Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter and make 49 flybys of Europa, taking detailed measurements and high-resolution pictures. 

Europa Clipper is set to launch in October 2024 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, arriving at Jupiter in 2030.

Watch live here: https://plus.nasa.gov

For more information on Europa Clipper: https://europa.nasa.gov/

Download Europa Clipper Ocean World poster:

https://europa.nasa.gov/resources/173/europa-clipper-journey-to-an-ocean-world-poster/

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC/APL/Airbus 

Duration: 1 minute, 14 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 13, 2024

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