For more on the mission and what the team hopes to find, keep scrolling! What NASA's trip to Jupiter hopes to discover on Europa . According to Bonnie Buratti, the mission's deputy project ...

NASA has launched its Europa Clipper mission to the icy moon of Jupiter. Thought to contain an underground ocean and potentially habitable environment, Europa has long been a tantalizing target.

Scientists believe the moon's water, chemistry and energy could support life. Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA has launched its first mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa ...

NASA's mission to send a spacecraft to scour Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life appears back on track after Hurricane Milton forced a delay.

With the launch window set to open as soon as Oct. 10, NASA officials took the time Tuesday to provide an update on the Europa Clipper mission during a news conference. "Our journey of exploration ...

To Europa! Mission to Jupiter's Moon Gains Support in Congress. News. By Nola Taylor Tillman published 5 November 2014 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Taking a major step toward an eventual robotic mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter believed to harbor ice-locked lakes and a vast sub-surface ocean, NASA has selected nine sophisticated ...

We are now, theoretically, one step closer to landing a robot on a Jupiter's moon Europa. There are no actual missions in the works, or in NASA's budget, but a study published in the journal ...

So Europa and Enceladus are the top two destinations on many astrobiologists' mission wish lists. Hand gives the Jovian moon a slight edge, though.

Europa Clipper is not embarking on a life-detection mission. Rather, it will study the composition of the ice-encased moon, along with its internal structure and geology.

NASA launches mission to a moon of Jupiter to find out if it could support life NASA's Europa Clipper probe will study Jupiter's moon Europa, which is thought to have an underground ocean and a ...