"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 ...

NASA's newest scientific flagship is on its way to the Jupiter system to explore the icy moon Europa, one of the most compelling worlds in our solar system. The mission lifted off Oct. 14 from ...

One of Jupiter's 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It’s encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

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 craft was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket, aiming to conduct its first mission to study Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. Photo: John Raoux/AP ...

The spacecraft will use the planet’s gravity to bend its path slightly, setting up the next leg of its long journey to investigate Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Europa ...

NASA installed the solar array for the Europa Clipper spacecraft, a robotic craft with a mission to reach Jupiter’s moon Europa by 2030. The large moon is one of 95 that orbit Jupiter ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is travelling through space, heading towards Jupiter’s moon Europa. Launched three months ago, it has 1.6 billion miles left before reaching its destination in 2030.

NASA is set to launch the Europa Clipper mission, aimed at studying Jupiter's moon Europa for potential signs of alien life. The launch window begins on October 10, although it has been ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission has made significant progress with the successful deployment of its magnetometer boom, a key step in its exploration of Jupiter's moon Europa. The magnetometer boom ...