{"id":790245,"date":"2024-10-14T04:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790245"},"modified":"2024-10-14T04:27:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:27:52","slug":"a-spacecraft-headed-to-one-of-jupiters-moons-is-set-to-launch-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790245","title":{"rendered":"A spacecraft headed to one of Jupiter’s moons is set to launch : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Europa Clipper spacecraft over Jupiter’s moon Europa, with Jupiter at background left.
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A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter\u2019s moons is set to launch Monday on a journey of more than six years to discover if the moon has the ability to support life.<\/p>\n

The solar-powered spacecraft Europa Clipper is scheduled to ascend through Earth\u2019s atmosphere on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday afternoon. <\/p>\n

It is expected to reach Jupiter in April 2030 to study Europa, the icy-surfaced moon, which is roughly the size of Earth\u2019s moon and thought to have \u201cingredients for life,\u201d such as water, NASA says.<\/p>\n