Europa Clipper heads to Jupiter to search for alien life
NASA's Europa spacecraft launched today on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. It will slingshot around Mars, then Earth, and reach Jupiter in April 2030. Once in orbit around Jupiter, the Clipper will perform about 50 flybys of the moon Europa, studying its icy surface and subsurface ocean, which may be capable of supporting life. — Read the rest
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