NASA's Europa Clipper Launch

YouTube ^ | October 14, 2024 | NASA

[House Atreides]

NASA is set to launch the Europa Clipper spacecraft to explore Europa, an ocean moon orbiting Jupiter.

Europa Clipper’s launch is targeted for no earlier than Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 UTC). The spacecraft, the largest NASA has ever built for a planetary mission, will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Europa is one of the most promising places in our solar system to find an environment suitable for life beyond Earth. Evidence suggests that the ocean beneath Europa’s icy surface could contain the ingredients for life — water, the right chemistry, and energy. While Europa Clipper is not a life-detection mission, it will answer key questions about the moon’s potential habitability.

[House Atreides]

Launch is currently scheduled for 12:06 PM Eastern Time today

The mission is using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy as the launch vehicle.

[House Atreides]

Good of the launch by a non-governmental site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUn8LmGYEA

[ArtDodger]

‘Europa is one of the most promising places in our solar system to find an environment suitable for life beyond Earth. ....Europa Clipper is not a life-detection mission’
Duh...

[montag813]

“NASA” lol

[Larry Lucido]

Dibs on beachfront property!

[Charles Martel]

“All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landing there.”

[null and void]

You can get much the same effect by sunbathing on an Icelandic beach near a geyser in winter...

[dfwgator]

“We’ll be the Pirate Twins again..Europa...”

[PIF]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Clipper

[V_TWIN]

Nice clear day....160 miles north I should be able to see it

[House Atreides]

You have about a minute to get outside. ;-)

[Larry Lucido]

Looking for airfare prices to Iceland now. :-)

[Billthedrill]

“Attempt no landing there.” How much more specific can they be?

[null and void]

With luck, the women will keep you warm...

[markman46]

I am watching a repeat of the launch right now. didnt get up in time

[mowowie]

Watching this it appears that women of all sorts are almost completely running this show..

what are the odds?

[zeestephen]

Re: "Europa is one of the most promising places in our solar system to find an environment suitable for life beyond Earth."

Life beyond Earth?

I was under the impression that all of Jupiter's moons orbit within the Jupiter magnetosphere/radiation belt?

I am also under the impression that Jupiter's radiation belt is much more intense than the Van Allen radiation belt on Earth.

I am thinking we might want to avoid returning samples of Europa to planet Earth.

[Reily]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RSwzLgvI8M

[SunkenCiv]

https://search.brave.com/search?q=Jupiter%27s+radiation+belt&summary=1

[SunkenCiv]

t minus 30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQToTWKwtuw&t=3971