In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is slated to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. Its sights are set […]
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Europa Clipper Launch No Earlier Than Monday, 14 October
NASA and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than Monday, Oct. 14, for the launch of Europa Clipper.
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Europa Clipper Launch Delayed Due To Hurricane Milton
NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Thursday, Oct. 10, launch attempt of the agency’s Europa Clipper mission due to anticipated hurricane conditions in the area. Hurricane Milton is […]
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Europa Clipper Astrobiology Probe Undergoes High Gain Antenna Installation
Technicians prepare to install the nearly 10 feet (3 meters) wide dish-shaped high-gain antenna to NASA’s Europa Clipper, a spacecraft to study Jupiter’s icy moon, at the agency’s Payload Hazardous […]
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Video: Packing And Shipping The Europa Clipper Astrobiology Probe
How was NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft packed and shipped from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to Kennedy Space Center in Florida?
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Unboxing The Europa Clipper Astrobiology Spacecraft
Technicians remove NASA’s largest planetary mission spacecraft, Europa Clipper, from its protective shipping container inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, […]
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Europa Clipper Astrobiology Mission Solar Array Deployment Test
Processing of the large solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper is now underway inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.