Europa Clipper deployment

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft was successfully deployed into interplanetary transfer orbit approximately 62 minutes after being launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 14 October 2024, at 16:06 UTC (12:06 EDT). NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform close flybys of Jupiter’s moon Europa to determine whether there are places below the surface of that could support life. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux/Ben Smegelsky/SpaceX#EuropaClipper