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 ...

Now, Europa Clipper could begin its six-year journey ... and fly it back to the lab in San Antonio to retrofit it with new parts. “We were wondering if this was the death knell,” he said.

The announcement this week was the culmination of years of work, study, and analysis, and paves the way for interesting discoveries for the upcoming Europa Clipper mission which already includes ...

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 ...

Related: Why NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon is such a big deal This past May, the mission team was told that parts similar to Europa Clipper's transistors "were failing at ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself as it makes its way to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's ...