To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

During the course of 49 close flybys of Europa, the Clipper will gather and relay data to help scientists determine, for instance, the subsurface's salinity and how deep the water is. The Europa ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is well on its way to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, set to arrive in 2030. While its science instruments ...

Europa Clipper will not land on its target moon, but instead study it during 49 flybys, searching for a habitable environment where life could thrive. It is the first mission to investigate the ...

Callisto, the third largest moon in the entire solar system, orbits Jupiter from about 1.2 million miles away. The rocky ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will arrive and flyby Europa 32 times—one reason why JUICE is only going to undertake two flybys of that particular icy moon. Europa Clipper will launch between ...

It was a history making launch -- when NASA’s Europa Clipper embarked on its long five-year voyage to Jupiter. The $5 billion ...

Europa Clipper carries nine science instruments, plus the telecommunications equipment that will be used for a gravity science investigation. During the mission's 49 flybys of Europa, the suite ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper - one of the largest and most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet - aims to explore one of the great mysteries of our solar system. Jon Excell reports. A SpaceX ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, using star trackers to navigate and ensure a smooth journey to its 2030 destination.