The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.

of thrust, able to launch more than 37,000 lbs. on an interplanetary trajectory. The spacecraft will not follow an ...

The results of the previous sections are sufficient for the analysis of all basic orbital transfers, including those for interplanetary missions. However, trajectory design for such missions is ...

The Falcon Heavy got the mission off to a good start, launching the spacecraft onto an interplanetary trajectory and releasing the Clipper to fly on its own one hour and two minutes after liftoff.

Flandro used an interplanetary ballistic trajectory computer program that had been written for JPL by the Lockheed Missile and Space Company to figure out the trajectories that would give them the ...

Europa Clipper deployed on an interplanetary trajectory 58 minutes after that milestone, just as planned. And, a few minutes later, the team established communications with the probe, eliciting a ...

The optimal LEO-to-LMO trajectory is shown in Figs. 2 3. Figure 2a: Optimal trajectory, outgoing trip, interplanetary space. Figure 2b: Optimal trajectory, return trip, interplanetary space. Figure 3a ...

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