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Europa Clipper Rotated at KSC

Workers in blue overalls and white head covers help guide Europa Clipper as a crane hoists it as part of prelaunch processing.
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center guide Europa Clipper as a crane hoists the spacecraft on May 28, 2024.
NASA/Kim Shiflett

Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida monitor movement and guide the agency’s largest planetary mission spacecraft, Europa Clipper, as a crane hoists it on a stand as part of prelaunch processing on May 28, 2024.

Europa Clipper launched on Oct. 14, 2024, on a mission to determine if conditions exist below the surface Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, Europa that could support life.