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Europa Clipper

NASA · Launch: 14 Oct 2024

Largest NASA planetary spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's ocean moon Europa.

Objective: Assess whether Europa's subsurface ocean could support life.

Jupiter orbit insertion

Apr 2030

Target date · may change

Mission details

Rocket & spacecraft
Falcon Heavy
Destination
Jupiter orbit, ~49 Europa flybys
Duration
~4 years of science
  • Solar arrays span over 30 m — NASA's largest planetary spacecraft.
  • Europa may hide twice as much water as Earth's oceans.
  • Carries a poem engraved by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.

Milestones

2 of 4 reached

  1. Launch

    Oct 2024

  2. Mars gravity assist

    Mar 2025

  3. Earth gravity assist

    Dec 2026Provisional

  4. Jupiter arrival

    Apr 2030Provisional

Future dates are agency targets, not confirmed schedules.

Curated dataset

Official source: NASA Europa Clipper →