29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... for liftoff in 2023, a date which has now slipped to 2024, US Congress had previously mandated by law that Europa Clipper’s orbiter and a follow-up lander mission had to be launched on NASA’s huge, but problematic Space Launch Systems (SLS...
13 March 2017
Europa Clipper: the official name of NASA's mission to Europa
... to give biology the kick start it needs for even the simplest organisms to form. The name Europa Clipper is a reference to the clipper ships – three-masted streamlined sailing vessels renowned for their grace and swiftness – that sailed...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...take on unique science missions but are not a substitute for the larger ‘flagship’ missions like Curiosity or Europa Clipper. Destinations So where can we reasonably expect to explore in our Solar System with smaller spacecraft? The Sun is an obvious...
25 July 2018
Radiation on Europa dictates where search for life begins
... organics and possible biosignatures that might be detected with future missions, be they spacecraft that fly by or land on Europa.” With this information, Europa Clipper's mission team are now looking at routes that pass over many regions...
26 May 2021
Underwater volcanoes could be active on Europa
...water reservoirs and a long-lived source of energy.” Běhounková and colleagues findings could be tested by NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission, which is targeting a launch in 2024. Set to reach its target in 2030, the spacecraft will orbit Jupiter...
14 May 2018
Best evidence yet for plumes on Europa
... irrefutable, they will help facilitate the two future planned missions to the ice world in 2022 – NASA’s Europa Clipper and the European Space Agency’s JUICE mission – whose aim is to determine whether the icy moon possesses...
