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✅ NASA science head optimistic Europa Clipper launches on schedule - SpaceNews

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BUSAN, South Korea — The head of NASA’s science directorate says she remains optimistic the Europa Clipper mission will launch on schedule in October despite concerns about the spacecraft’s electronics and its launch vehicle. The $5 billion mission is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy during a three-week window that opens Oct. 10. The spacecraft will go into orbit around Jupiter in 2030 and make dozens of close approaches to Europa, an icy moon that has a potentially habitable subsurface ocean. NASA announced July 11 that the mission was studying transistors on the spacecraft that may not have the level of radiation tolerance required for ...

spacenews.com     Jul 16, 2024