About the size of a basketball court with its solar wings unfurled, Clipper will swing past Mars and then Earth on its way to Jupiter for gravity assists. The nearly 13,000-pound (5,700-kilogram) ...
NASA's Europa Clipper mission, launched by SpaceX Falcon Heavy, embarks on a six-year journey to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa, utilizing gravity assists and aiming to study its icy subsurface ocean.
About eight minutes after the Falcon 9 roared off the launch pad, a loud sonic boom echoed throughout the Cape Canaveral area as the first stage booster landed back at SpaceX Landing Zone 1.
Disclaimer: Glass's Information Services (GIS) and CarsGuide Autotrader Media Solutions Pty Ltd. (CarsGuide) provide this information based on data from a range of sources including third parties.