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.

CO2 found on Europa surface may hint at some possible sign of life NASA Juno probe to produce 'firehose of data' during close flyby of Jupiter moon Once the probe has been slingshotted around Mars ...

The Europa Clipper spacecraft is now on its way to explore Europa, a moon of Jupiter slightly smaller than our moon but with big possibilities for currently existing life below its icy surface.

Europa Clipper will employ a Mars-Earth Gravity Assist (MEGA) trajectory, a complex path that utilises the gravitational fields of Mars and Earth to gain the necessary velocity for its journey to ...

Jupiter is located an average of 480 million miles from our planet, but the Europa Clipper will travel 1.8 billion miles to reach its destination. That's because it will gravity ‘assists' by ...

The Europa Clipper is headed toward Jupiter’s moon, Europa, with a mission to search for signs of life. The spacecraft is beginning an incredible 1.8 billion-mile (2.9 billion-kilometer) journey, ...

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A pair of gravity assists will ultimately slingshot it to Jupiter. The spacecraft will travel some 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers) over the next 5½ years and reach the Jupiter system ...