[NASA] Europa Clipper Begins Journey to Jupiter’s Icy Moon

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spacecraft lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.

Europa Clipper is the first mission designed to conduct a detailed study of Jupiter’s moon Europa to determine if it currently has habitable conditions. The spacecraft will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in

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. It will orbit Jupiter and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.

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