Now that it has launched, the next major milestone for the spacecraft ... This gravity assist won't send the Europa Clipper on to Jupiter, however. Instead, that's when it comes back toward ...

This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of ...

It was a history making launch -- when NASA’s Europa Clipper embarked on its long five-year voyage to Jupiter. The $5 billion spacecraft is the largest ever built for a mission headed to another ...

Next, NASA technicians will begin ... These so-called ‘gravity assists’ will provide Europa Clipper with the velocity needed to reach Jupiter in 2030,” said NASA. This content is protected ...

On Monday, NASA is set to reveal some new findings about Jupiter's moon Europa. While the space agency did specify that the announcement will not involve aliens, scientists are itching to find out ...

Meanwhile, a set of cameras serving a different purpose is snapping photos in the space between Earth and Jupiter ... the next three years, EIS has its protective covers closed. Europa Clipper ...

Credit: NASA/ESA The high-powered Hubble Space Telescope has caught sight of something amazing on Jupiter's icy moon Europa, NASA announced today. Scientists using the Hubble have discovered more ...

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NASA’s Europa Clipper craft was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket, aiming to conduct its first mission to study Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. Photo: John Raoux/AP ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...