The $5 billion mission will investigate Europa's potential to harbour conditions suitable for life beneath its icy crust.

See the latest updates for the launch of NASA's Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy moon here.

See the latest updates for the launch of NASA's Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy moon here.

Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter’s

Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface

Europa Clipper will launch on Thursday, Oct. 10, atop a SpaceX rocket to begin a 1.8-billion-mile journey to the Jovian System to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to undock from the International Space

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft named Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust and determine whether conditions there could support life. Scientists are pretty sure there’s a vast hidden ocean at Europa, making the moon one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Due to launch this month from Florida, Europa Clipper won’t search for life. Instead, it will look for the ingredients necessary for life to exist. It will take 5 1/2 years for the spacecraft to get there.

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa.

A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.