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

"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 ...

This model is configured with the shorter, 14-meter Delta 4 payload fairing (PLF) that would encapsulate Europa Clipper. The “Jupiter Direct” trajectory is performance-challenging for the ...

The Europa Clipper launched Monday afternoon aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which is designed to help propel the spacecraft on a six-year journey to reach its namesake moon, an icy ocean world.

The manoeuvre will not only adjust the spacecraft's trajectory but also provide a unique opportunity for scientists to test key instruments.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA’s Europa Clipper, now en route to Jupiter, departed with less-than-satisfactory and vulnerable devices that are susceptible to Jupiter’s ...

With an array of scientific instruments, Europa Clipper will study the water, energy, and chemistry present on the moon. Europa Clipper will use cameras that detect visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ...

Given the massive amounts of radiation in the Jovian system, Europa Clipper will do 50 flybys of the moon over the course of four years to reduce damage to instruments as well as give it windows ...

On March 1, NASA's Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity assist—a maneuver to bend the spacecraft's trajectory and ...

Soon, they may have answers. In October, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send Europa Clipper, a satellite orbiter with nine analytical instruments, to Europa to study its ...