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    NASA Begins Live Broadcast of Europa Clipper Mission

    NASA just ramped up its coverage of today’s Europa Clipper launch, as the live broadcast with commentary has now begun, and you can watch coverage on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. Watch NASA launch coverage in Spanish on NASA+ and NASA’s Spanish YouTube channel. The …

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    NASA’s Europa Clipper Science Instruments

    The nine science instruments on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft are the most advanced and sensitive that have ever been sent the outer solar system: Europa Imaging System (EIS) is a wide-angle camera and a narrow-angle camera, each with an eight-megapixel sensor, that will produce high-resolution color and stereoscopic images of Europa. They will study geologic …

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    Meet NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft

    NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is the largest the agency has ever built for a planetary mission. Data from previous NASA missions has provided scientists with strong evidence that an enormous salty ocean lies underneath the frozen surface of Europa. Europa Clipper will orbit Jupiter and make nearly 50 flybys of Europa to determine the thickness …

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    Key Milestones for Today’s Europa Clipper Launch

    We’re a little under two hours away from today’s launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here’s a closer look at some of today’s important countdown and ascent milestones (all times are approximate): Time                 Events – 00:53:00    …

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    NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission: Investigating an ‘Ocean World’

    Though NASA’s Europa Clipper mission sounds like something out of science fiction — investigating an icy alien world to see if it has the ingredients for life — the main science goal of determining if there are places below the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa that could support life is based in science fact. …

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    Weather Extremely Favorable for Today’s Launch

    We remain a “go” for launch, with the latest weather update from the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predicting a 95% chance of favorable weather today for liftoff. The primary weather concern for the launch area is the cumulus cloud rule. Teams continue targeting liftoff of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission at 12:06 p.m. EDT …

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    Live Coverage for NASA’s Europa Clipper Begins

    Good morning, and welcome to live launch coverage from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida of the agency’s Europa Clipper mission! NASA’s Europa Clipper will be the first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists predict Europa has a salty ocean beneath its icy crust that potentially could hold the …

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    NASA, SpaceX Complete Europa Clipper Mission’s Launch Readiness Review

    NASA will host a prelaunch media teleconference at 5 p.m. EDT Sunday to discuss the agency’s Europa Clipper mission. Earlier in the day, NASA and SpaceX completed a launch readiness review, resulting in a “go” for launch of the spacecraft that will conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Coverage of the …

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    NASA, SpaceX Set Launch Readiness Review for Europa Clipper Mission

    NASA and SpaceX are moving forward with plans to conduct a Launch Readiness Review at 1 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 13, ahead of a targeted launch for the agency’s Europa Clipper mission no earlier than Monday, Oct. 14. Teams stood down from a potential launch opportunity on Oct. 13, to double-check technical readiness of …

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