Clipper’s journey to Europa will not be direct. It will get a gravity ... Clipper will fly itself into one of Jupiter’s rocky moons to ensure the spacecraft doesn’t contaminate Europa.

After taking off, 27 Merlin engines on the SpaceX rocket generated more than 5 million pounds of thrust to hurtle the Clipper through the atmosphere and toward Jupiter. The spacecraft was later ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

After an approximately 5-year 1.8-billion-mile journey, Europa Clipper will enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030, where the spacecraft will conduct a detailed survey of Europa to determine ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon ...

Clipper’s journey to Europa will not be direct. It will get a gravity ... Clipper will fly itself into one of Jupiter's rocky moons to ensure the spacecraft doesn't contaminate Europa.