Space

Europa Dog Clipper Starts Journey to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy spacecraft holding NASA's Europa Dog clipper space probe takes off from NASA's Kennedy Area Facility in Fla on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Dog clipper is the very first purpose made to conduct an in-depth study of Jupiter's moon Europa to calculate if it currently possesses livable conditions. The space capsule is going to travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometres) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will definitely orbit Jupiter and carry out 49 near flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Dog clipper's experience in NASA's Eyes on the Planetary system app.Graphic credit score: SpaceX.

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