When fueled up, the Europa Clipper weighed nearly 13,000 pounds at the time of the launch. Measuring about 46.5 feet long and about 13.5 feet high, the orbiter's solar arrays are big enough to ...

Europa may be far from the Sun, but it’s one of the most promising places to search for extraterrestrial life—and Europa Clipper is NASA’s answer. From its high-gain antenna to its dust analyzers and ...

Largest Spacecraft Built for a Planetary Mission Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has developed for a planetary mission, extending 100 feet with its solar arrays. These large arrays ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational ... practice for spacecraft venturing to the far reaches of our solar system. For instance, last year, the European Space Agency's Jupiter ...