Europa Has Abundant Liquid Water. Europa Clipper Will Look for Evidence of Life

Oct 07, 2024

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the NASA Europa Clipper mission in a few days. It was going to be October 10, 2024 but that has been delayed due to the risk of a hurricane.

The Europa Clipper spacecraft is 13000 pounds and is the largest planetary exploration vehicle ever made by NASA.

Europa is a moon of Jupiter. It has volcanos that spew water. There …

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