Nasa launches Europa Clipper to explore potential life on Jupiter’s moon – Times of India
Nasa launches Europa Clipper from Kennedy Space Center, Florida (Picture credit: Reuters) Nasa on Monday launched spacecraft Europa Clipper from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US, to explore the possibility of life on Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft took off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket under clear skies.The $5.2 billion mission aims to explore whether Europa’s subsurface ocean, which lies beneath an ice shell over 10 miles thick, could be habitable.It is Nasa's first mission dedicated to addressing this question.Sandra Connelly, deputy associate administrator for Nasa’s science mission directorate, said, "Scientists believe Europa has conditions—water, energy, chemistry, and stability—beneath its icy surface that could support life.""One of the Europa Clipper mission's main cha...