Space

Europa Clipper Begins Trip to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Dog clipper space capsule takes off from NASA's Kennedy Room Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Dog clipper is the 1st goal designed to administer a comprehensive research study of Jupiter's moon Europa to find out if it presently has livable conditions. The space probe will definitely take a trip 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometres) to arrive at Jupiter in April 2030. It will definitely orbit Jupiter as well as conduct 49 near flybys of Europa.Follow Europa Dog clipper's quest in NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app.Picture credit rating: SpaceX.