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Europa Clipper: Nasa's ocean world mission gets launch date [View all]
By Paul Rincon
Science editor, BBC News website
Published 5 days ago
NASA
The spacecraft should now arrive in the Jupiter system by 2030
A mission to study a moon of Jupiter that could be home to extra-terrestrial life has been given a launch date.
Nasa is sending a spacecraft to the icy world of Europa, which holds an ocean under its frozen outer shell.
Scientists have long regarded the moon as one of the most promising targets in the search for life elsewhere in our Solar System.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft will now launch to the jovian moon in October 2024, arriving in April 2030.
The spacecraft was to have launched on Nasa's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. But the space agency is reported to no longer be considering that launch vehicle.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56031261
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