A NASA robotic mission to investigate whether Jupiter's moon Europa could support life, launched on 14 October 2024 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The spacecraft is using Mars and Earth gravity assists en route to Jupiter, arriving in April 2030 to begin a series of roughly fifty close flybys of Europa investigating its subsurface ocean, ice shell and potential habitability, without entering orbit around the moon itself.
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Mission TypeRobotic Jupiter moon flyby mission 1 OutcomeEn route as of the mid-2020s; completed a Mars gravity assist and is scheduled for an Earth gravity assist in December 2026 ahead of Jupiter arrival in April 2030. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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