On Dec. 1, 2026, the spacecraft will get an Earth gravity assist and be thrown on a high-speed trajectory towards Jupiter, NASA's Europa Clipper mission page explains. Orbital scientists call this ...

It will get a gravity assist by sling-shotting around Mars early next year, then boomerang back around Earth in late 2026 before zooming toward Jupiter and the gas giant‘s icy, dynamic moon.

slingshotting around Mars in four months and then back to Earth for another gravity assist flyby in 2026. The Clipper is scheduled to execute its first orbit around Jupiter in April 2030 and fly ...

first to Mars in four months and then back to Earth for another gravity assist flyby in 2026. After it begins orbiting Jupiter in April 2030, the spacecraft will fly past Europa 49 times.

It will swing close to Mars for a "gravity assist" in February 2025, before heading back to Earth to slingshot around our planet in December 2025 to make its way to Jupiter. It will reach the ...

Then it will circle back to Earth in late 2026 for another velocity-boosting gravity assist before hurtling on its way to Jupiter, where it is scheduled to arrive in April 2030. After entering ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter aims to answer a fundamental question that propels space exploration: are we alone in the universe? NASA’s Europa Clipper has embarked on a 2.9bn km ...

Simply put: the journey is long and Jupiter is far away. To combat this, NASA have organised two 'gravity assists', one with Earth and the other with Mars. A gravity assist is where a spacecraft ...

If all goes well, the Europa Clipper will brake into orbit around Jupiter ... planet's gravity to boost its speed and bend the trajectory to send the probe back toward Earth for another gravity ...

Nasa’s Europa Clipper has embarked on a long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate ... trajectory that will leverage the power of gravity assist, first to Mars in four months and then ...

If all goes well, the Europa Clipper will brake into orbit around Jupiter ... planet's gravity to boost its speed and bend the trajectory to send the probe back toward Earth for another gravity ...

In a process called tidal flexing, tidal forces from Jupiter's gravity stretch and release Europa's ocean and icy shell above it, creating heat within the celestial body that is enough to maintain ...