NASA begins live broadcast of the Europa Clipper mission – NASA’s Europa Clipper mission

NASA has just stepped up its coverage of today’s Europa Clipper launch, as live commentary coverage has now begun and you can follow coverage on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content across various platforms, including social media. Watch NASA launch coverage in Spanish on NASA+ and NASA’s Spanish YouTube channel.

The three main science goals of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa are to determine the thickness of the moon’s ice shell and its interactions with the ocean beneath, study its composition, and characterize its geology. The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, development and distribution of life in the universe. This multidisciplinary field explores the extremes of life on Earth to support its search for life in the universe. It involves characterizing habitable environments in preparation for the search for life.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will conduct nearly 50 close flybys of Jupiter’s moon Europa, collecting detailed measurements to study the moon. The spacecraft will reach altitudes of up to 25 kilometers above the surface in orbit around Jupiter and will fly over a different location on each flyby to scan almost the entire moon.

You can also follow the launch blog, which comes from the NASA News Center here at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a few miles from Launch Complex 39A in Florida. There’s more to come, so stay with us.

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