Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper set to launch soon to explore a potentially habitable moon in our solar system

Europa Clipper set to launch soon to explore a potentially habitable moon in our solar system

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Europa Clipper ...

Transistor issue resolved, NASA clears way for Europa Clipper launch

Transistor issue resolved, NASA clears way for Europa Clipper launch

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Dr. Sarah Adams

After an exhaustive review of suspect transistors in NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, NASA managers have cleared the probe for launch next month ...

NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter moon’s underground ocean cleared for October launch

NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter moon’s underground ocean cleared for October launch

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA on Monday approved next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa after reviewing the spacecraft’s ability to ...

Will NASA’s Europa Clipper Survive Jupiter’s Extreme Radiation?

Will NASA’s Europa Clipper Survive Jupiter’s Extreme Radiation?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

NASA’s Europa Clipper, depicted in this illustration that was updated in December 2020, will swoop around Jupiter on an elliptical path, dipping ...

NASA’s  billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter’s radiation

NASA’s $5 billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter’s radiation

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A highly anticipated NASA astrobiology mission is troubleshooting a serious issue just months before its planned liftoff. The Europa Clipper spacecraft is ...

The Europa Clipper may only need 1 ice grain to detect life on Jupiter’s ocean moon

The Europa Clipper may only need 1 ice grain to detect life on Jupiter’s ocean moon

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A single grain of ice ejected from Jupiter‘s ocean moon Europa, if captured by NASA’s forthcoming Europa Clipper spacecraft, could be enough ...

See the new ‘golden record’ launching to an ocean world this year

See the new ‘golden record’ launching to an ocean world this year

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. When NASA’s Europa ...

NASA Unveils Design for Humanity’s Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa

NASA Unveils Design for Humanity’s Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa

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Dr. Sarah Adams

This side of a commemorative plate mounted on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft features U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s handwritten “In Praise of ...

NASA’S Europa Clipper gets science gear to probe ocean moon of Jupiter

NASA’S Europa Clipper gets science gear to probe ocean moon of Jupiter

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Dr. Sarah Adams

In October, NASA’s scheduled to launch a spacecraft to one of Jupiter’s 92 known moons, an icy marble named Europa. The probe’s ...

NASA’s most high-risk endeavor in decades and other boundary-pushing space missions planned for 2024

NASA’s most high-risk endeavor in decades and other boundary-pushing space missions planned for 2024

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The year ahead ...