Deep-space mission
Active mission
Europa Clipper
A spacecraft crossing the Solar System to investigate whether Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa could support life.
- Agency
- NASA
- Destination
- Europa / Jupiter system
- Mission class
- Jupiter orbiter and Europa flybys
- Launched
- 14 Oct 2024
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What Orbital knows
Europa Clipper is designed to determine the thickness of Europa’s icy shell, investigate its composition and characterise its geology. It is a habitability mission, not a claim that life has been detected.
Record policyA stable mission record built from the owner’s published material; live position is never inferred.