"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

One of Jupiter's four Galilean moons, Europa has long fascinated scientists. Some 90 percent the size of our own Moon, the satellite is believed to host a global ocean of liquid saltwater twice ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is using Mars and Earth’s gravity to travel efficiently to Jupiter. The spacecraft will study Europa’s ...

Europa Clipper is to reach Jupiter in April 2030 ... out that Mil-Spec standard testing is not well-suited for civilian satellites,” he said. Similar in view is Evans, JPL project manager ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

Three months after its launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency's Europa Clipper has another 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) to go before it reaches Jupiter's ...

It was a history making launch -- when NASA’s Europa Clipper embarked on its long five-year voyage to Jupiter. The $5 billion spacecraft is the largest ever built for a mission headed to another ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's fourth-largest moon ...

The Europa Clipper mission will send a satellite that will slingshot off Mars and Earth to get to Jupiter by 2030. The goal of the mission is to circle one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa ...

Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter Oct. 14, 2024 — NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with ...

Dust off your old telescope on a clear night and look up. If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side ...

This maneuver is designed to adjust the spacecraft's trajectory and position it for a critical phase in its 1.8-billion-mile (2.9-billion-kilometer) trek to the Jupiter system. However ...