NASA’s newly issued budget has lowered a flagship mission of exploration to half-mast. Backed by scientists and study groups, a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa is missing in action within the ...

Europa Clipper is NASA’s bold mission to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor life beneath its frozen ...

An illustration of the proposed Europa Clipper mission. An updated design of the spacecraft now features five solar panels on each array, versus the four illustrated. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON ...

Space.com: A mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa is missing in action within the pages of NASA’s 2007 budget, even though such a trip is considered a high priority among scientists.

NASA is troubleshooting a recently revealed problem with the transistors aboard its $5 billion Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is slated to launch this October.

For this year, Culberson helped NASA gain $175 million in funding toward its Europa mission, which was $145 million more than the agency had requested. And he’s dead-set on seeing a lander go up ...

NASA is slated to explore Jupiter's moon Europa in the next 10 years, but a scientist working on the project believes there's a chance the mission could discover life on the icy celestial body.

NASA said the Europa multiple-flyby mission, often called Europa Clipper, passed a review called Key Decision Point B (KDP-B) Feb. 15.

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 ...

Europa Clipper is one of two probes being sent to study Europa. The second is the European Space Agency's Juice mission , which launched April 14, 2023. It will arrive at Jupiter in July 2031, a ...

Upcoming missions from ESA and NASA. Europa Clipper and JUICE are set up to give scientists game-changing information about the potential habitability of Jupiter’s moons.

The Europa flyby mission is dedicated to probing the moon's habitability, not actively seeking out signs of life. "Building a life detecor is incredibly difficult," Niebur said.