Jupiter's moon Europa is a prime candidate for alien life. NASA is sending its biggest interplanetary spacecraft ever to investigate.

This model is configured with the shorter, 14-meter Delta 4 payload fairing (PLF) that would encapsulate Europa Clipper. The “Jupiter Direct” trajectory is performance-challenging for the ...

For example, SpaceX was contracted to launch the Europa Clipper mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket back in October 2024. That ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself as it makes its way to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's ...

E-THEMIS lead scientist Philip Christensen stands next to the box-like "tent" that surrounds both E-THEMIS (left) and its optical test equipment. With the tent doors closed and sealed, the team ...

NASA uses radio frequency (RF) for a variety of tasks in space, including communications. The Europa Clipper RF panel - the ...

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat shield called "HEEET." ...

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NASA installed the solar array for the Europa Clipper spacecraft, a robotic craft with a mission to reach Jupiter’s moon Europa by 2030. The large moon is one of 95 that orbit Jupiter ...