📸: NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launches on Oct. 14, 2024. Photo: Sandy Marshall
Congratulations to everyone involved with yesterday’s historic Europa Clipper launch! At 12:06 pm ET on Monday, Oct. 14, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch complex 39A in Florida. The spacecraft is now on a 5 1/2 year, 1.8 billion mile journey to see if Jupiter’s moon Europa may have conditions suitable to support life. Learn more at europa.nasa.gov.