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SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - Europa Clipper - LC-39A - KSC, FL, USA - October 14, 2024

Launch Date: October 14, 2024 Launch Time: 12:06 p.m. EDT, 16:06 UTC, 18:06 CEST Launch Window: Instantaneous Launch Window Launch Status: Europa Clipper is on its trajectory, and it will take 5.5 years to reach the Jovian system. Launch Target: East Mission: NASA Europa Clipper (Launch window for Europa Clipper is open til November 6, 2024) https://science.nasa.gov/mission/euro... Launch Contractor: NASA Launch Provider: SpaceX Launcher System: Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicles: Booster B1064 - 6th Flight - Expendable Booster B1065 - 6th Flight - Expendable Booster B1090 - 1st Flight - Expendable Launch Location: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA NASA's Europa Clipper is scheduled to launch no earlier than October 14, 2024, on 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 could hold the building blocks necessary to sustain life. Due to the thrust the mission needs, all three Falcon Heavy boosters are up for disposal. The mission’s three primary science objectives are to understand the nature of the ice shell and the ocean beneath it, as well as the moon’s composition and geology. The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet. NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform dozens of close flybys of Jupiter’s moon Europa, gathering detailed measurements to investigate the moon. In orbit around Jupiter, the spacecraft will make nearly 50 flybys of Europa at closest-approach altitudes as low as 16 miles (25 kilometers) above the surface, soaring over a different location during each flyby to scan nearly the entire moon. Spacecraft Design NASA’s Largest Planetary Mission Spacecraft With its massive solar arrays and radar antennas, Europa Clipper will be the most giant spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission. The spacecraft needs large solar arrays to collect enough light for its power needs as it operates in the Jupiter system, which is more than five times as far from the Sun as Earth. The spacecraft will be about 16 feet (5 meters) in height. With its arrays deployed, the spacecraft spans more than 100 feet (30.5 meters) and has a dry mass (no propellant in the tanks) of 7,145 pounds (3,241 kg). Designed for Jupiter’s Tough Radiation Environment Because Europa is bathed in radiation trapped in Jupiter's magnetic field, Europa Clipper's payload and other electronics will be enclosed in a thick-walled vault. NASA's Juno spacecraft developed and successfully used this strategy of armoring up to go to Jupiter with a radiation vault for the first time. The vault walls—made of titanium and aluminum—will act as a radiation shield against most of the high-energy atomic particles, dramatically slowing down the degradation of the spacecraft's electronics. Europa shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust. Beyond Earth, Europa is considered one of the most promising places where we might find currently habitable environments in our solar system. Europa Clipper will determine whether there are places below Europa’s surface that could support life. The spacecraft's payload will include cameras and spectrometers to produce high-resolution images and composition maps of Europa's surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior. The spacecraft will also carry a thermal instrument to pinpoint locations of warmer ice and perhaps recent water eruptions, as well as instruments to measure the composition of tiny particles in the moon's thin atmosphere and surrounding space environment. Jupiter’s moon Europa shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust. Beyond Earth, Europa is considered one of the most promising currently habitable environments in our solar system. Below Europa’s icy surface, evidence suggests there is a global ocean with more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. Europa could have all the “ingredients” needed for life as we know it: Water: Twice as much as Earth’s oceans Organics: Essential chemical building blocks from a variety of sources Energy: Chemical energy sources from the surface and the sea floor Stability: Conditions remaining similar for 4 billion years NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform approximately 50 close flybys of the moon, gathering detailed measurements to investigate whether the moon could have conditions suitable for life. Europa Clipper is not a life detection mission – its main science goal is to determine whether there are places below Europa’s surface that could support life.