Europa Clipper
Europa Clipper set to launch soon to explore a potentially habitable moon in our solar system
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Transistor issue resolved, NASA clears way for Europa Clipper launch
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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
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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?
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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 $5 billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter’s radiation
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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
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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
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NASA Unveils Design for Humanity’s Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
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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
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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
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