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Europa Dog Clipper Starts Experience to Jupiter's Icy Moon

.A SpaceX Falcon Heavy spacecraft lugging NASA's Europa Dog clipper spacecraft lifts off from NASA's Kennedy Area Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Europa Dog clipper is actually the 1st purpose developed to carry out a thorough research study of Jupiter's moon Europa to establish if it currently possesses livable states. The spacecraft is going to travel 1.8 billion kilometers (2.9 billion kilometres) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will definitely orbit Jupiter as well as perform 49 near flybys of Europa.Observe Europa Clipper's journey in NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app.Image credit: SpaceX.