A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Europa Clipper spacecraft aboard launches from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on October 14, 2024. The spacecraft Clipper will soon launch for Jupiter's moon Europa, one of dozens of moons orbiting the Solar System's biggest planet and the nearest spot in our celestial neighborhood that could offer a perch for life. It should reach orbit around Jupiter and Europa in 2031, where it will begin a detailed study of the moon scientists believe is covered in frozen water, which could provide a similar habitat to Earth. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
NASA's largest spacecraft launches for Jupiter's moon

The Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft built for planetary exploration, is on its way to determine whether Jupiter's moon, Europa, is habitable.

0:41 • Source: CNN
Latest Videos 13 videos
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Europa Clipper spacecraft aboard launches from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on October 14, 2024. The spacecraft Clipper will soon launch for Jupiter's moon Europa, one of dozens of moons orbiting the Solar System's biggest planet and the nearest spot in our celestial neighborhood that could offer a perch for life. It should reach orbit around Jupiter and Europa in 2031, where it will begin a detailed study of the moon scientists believe is covered in frozen water, which could provide a similar habitat to Earth. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
NASA's largest spacecraft launches for Jupiter's moon
0:41
Now playing
• Source: CNN
orion_interior.jpg
Orion crew dumps its wastewater on camera
0:54
Now playing
• Source: CNN
apogee raise burn 2.jpg
NASA footage of Artemis II burn reveals stunning views of Earth
1:00
Now playing
• Source: CNN
Iranian state media released photos Friday, April 3, 2026, of what it claimed is the wreckage of a US Air Force fighter jet downed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The debris is consistent with US Air Force F-15.
US fighter jet shot down over Iran, US sources say
4:28
Now playing
• Source: CNN
still_22508768_2417714.682_still.jpg
Chief data analyst reveals how Americans feel about Democrats and Republicans right now
3:45
Now playing
• Source: CNN
Screenshot 2026-04-01 at 17.18.17.png
CNN investigates China’s race to remake its nuclear weapons program
3:16
Now playing
• Source: CNN
ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 03: Voting booths sit empty midway through the day of the Democratic presidential primary elections at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. 1,357 Democratic delegates are at stake as voters cast their ballots in 14 states and American Samoa on what is known as Super Tuesday. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
CNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms
0:49
Now playing
• Source: CNN
Army Chief of Staff General Randy George speaks to US Soldiers at the Hohenfels Training Area in southern Germany on February 6, 2025. Drones, cheaper and more plentiful than in the past, are changing the face of warfare, particularly in Ukraine, where both Moscow and Kyiv use them for armed attacks as well as surveillance, making it hard to hide. (Photo by ARMIN WEIGEL / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Louis VAN BOXEL-WOOLF
Hegseth tells Army chief of staff to retire immediately
0:26
Now playing
• Source: CNN
118520_lively suit_wide.00_00_06_03.Still001.jpg
Judge tosses Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni
1:19
Now playing
• Source: CNN
MPA Digital video - 1_1.00_01_08_04.Still002 (1).png
AI is a 'full-contact body sport' says Microsoft South Asia and India president
1:29
Now playing
• Source: CNN
4.2 thumb 3.jpg
Father of astronaut Victor Glover celebrates son's historic moon mission
6:25
Now playing
• Source: CNN
lifeonorionthumb1.jpg
Four astronauts, four reporters. CNN crew squeezes into moon capsule-size van
2:30
Now playing
• Source: CNN
video-moment-artemis-2-launch-digvid.jpg
See moment first crewed moon mission launches in decades
2:33
Now playing
• Source: CNN