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Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to Launch

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Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter’s moon Europa. In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated…

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Can Life Exist on an Icy Moon? NASA’s Europa Clipper Aims to Find Out

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With a spacecraft launching soon, the mission will try to answer the question of whether there are ingredients suitable for life in the ocean below Europa’s icy crust. Deep down, in an ocean beneath its ice shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa…

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Artist concept image of an early wet Mars.

NASA: New Insights into How Mars Became Uninhabitable

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NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life – with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface – to a surface that…

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La NASA actualiza la cobertura de Europa Clipper tras el huracán Milton

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Nota del editor: Este comunicado se actualizó el 12 de octubre de 2024 para reflejar una nueva fecha de lanzamiento y una cobertura actualizada de las actividades previas al lanzamiento y del despegue. Read this release in English here. La NASA…

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NASA Updates Coverage for Europa Clipper Following Hurricane Milton

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Editor’s note: This advisory was updated Oct. 13, 2024, to reflect a change in the start time for the prelaunch teleconference following completion of the Launch Readiness Review. Editor’s note: This advisory was updated Oct. 12, 2024, to reflect a…

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New Video Series Spotlights Engineers on NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission

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With NASA’s Europa Clipper just weeks away from launch, five short videos give a behind-the-scenes peek at some of the engineers dedicated to making the mission a success. What does it take to build a massive spacecraft that will seek…

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8 Things to Know About NASA’s Mission to an Ocean Moon of Jupiter

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The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out if the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable. NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest the agency has ever built for a planetary…

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NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission

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NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 9, to provide an update on Europa Clipper, a mission that will study whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could be hospitable to life. The teleconference will occur after a…

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NASA Invites Media to View Launch of Jupiter Moon Mission

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NASA and SpaceX are targeting a launch period opening Thursday, Oct. 10, for the agency’s Europa Clipper mission, which will help scientists determine if one of Jupiter’s icy moons could support life. The mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon…

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NASA Invites Social Creators to Experience Launch of Europa Clipper Mission

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Lee este artículo en español aquí   Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will collect data to help scientists determine if Jupiter’s icy moon Europa could support life.  NASA…

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