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This artist's concept shows NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter and passes over the icy moon Europa. The mission, scheduled to reach Jupiter in April 2030, will be the first to conduct an in-depth study of Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA's Europa Clipper launches: A bold search for life on Jupiter's icy moon

The largest spacecraft ever built for an interplanetary mission has begun its long journey to explore Europa, with the goal of uncovering the secrets of the ocean beneath the ice and possibly finding evidence of extraterrestrial life.
Storm clouds over the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Archive photo). Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Due to Hurricane Milton, the launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter, which was planned for yesterday, 10/10/2024, was postponed

Severe weather conditions in Florida are forcing NASA and SpaceX to delay the launch of the Europa Clipper mission, which was designed to explore Jupiter's icy moon.
Jupiter and one of his moons. Photo: depositphotos.com

Molecular templates that will help identify extraterrestrial life forms will be used in the next spacecraft in the solar system

Future space exploration missions in the solar system will focus on the search for extraterrestrial life, led by Clipper Europa, which will fly to the large fair moon in 2024, but this life may not resemble life on Earth.
Researchers from MIT and NASA hope that their proposal will be selected for a flyby mission near Jupiter's large moon, and investigate whether it harbors life Photo: NASA/JPL/SETI Institute

Simple electronics on the way to Europa's moon