.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket holding NASA’s Europa Clipper space capsule takes off coming from NASA’s Kennedy Room Facility in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Clipper is the initial objective designed to administer a detailed research study of Jupiter’s moon Europa to figure out if it presently possesses livable states. The spacecraft will journey 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to arrive at Jupiter in April 2030.
It is going to orbit Jupiter and carry out 49 close flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Dog clipper’s experience in NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System app.Image debt: SpaceX.