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NASA successfully the Europa Clipper spacecraft on October 14, 2024, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will travel 1.8 billion miles before entering around Jupiter in April 2030, which means the mission will take approximately five and a half years to reach its destination.
Europa is Jupiter's icy moon, and scientists believe it contains a vast saltwater ocean beneath its frozen This ocean is to hold twice as much water as all of Earth's oceans combined. Europa Clipper carries nine scientific including ice-penetrating radar, cameras, spectrometers, and magnetometers, which will help researchers determine whether the moon has the conditions necessary to support life.
