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Europa Clipper Launch Mission

Europa Clipper 发射任务

Europa Clipper launched aboard Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center for its journey to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

Launch time
October 14, 2024 at 12:06 PM EDT
Rocket
Falcon Heavy
Launch site
Kennedy Space Center
Europa Clipper undergoes testing in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Europa Clipper during spacecraft assembly and testing before launch.NASA/JPL-Caltech · NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ↗NASA/JPL-Caltech informational/editorial image use; credit retained; no endorsement implied.
Mission Overview

Mission overview

Europa Clipper launched on October 14, 2024, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. The spacecraft will make repeated flybys of Europa to investigate its ice shell, ocean, and whether environments capable of supporting life may exist there. NASA reported the spacecraft en route to Jupiter.

Launch Information

Launch information

Launch time
October 14, 2024 at 12:06 PM EDT
Status
Completed
Result
Success
Rocket
Falcon Heavy
Launch site
Kennedy Space Center
Payload
Europa Clipper
Organizations
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) · SpaceX
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Partially verifiedLast updated · Sep 21, 2026, 5:52 PM
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NASA Science: Europa Clipper

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Supports the mission identity, October 14, 2024 at 12:06 p.m. EDT (minute precision), completed, success, Falcon Heavy, Europa Clipper, Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, and the mission purpose.

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