NASA Europa Clipper mission launch on (10 Oct. 2024)
NASA to livestream Europa Clipper mission launch on Thursday, October 10 at 12:31 p.m. EDT (Orlando time) - by Frederic Eger - Europa Clipper is considered one of the solar system's most promising potentially habitable environments beyond Earth. After an approximately 1.8-billion-mile journey, Europa Clipper will enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030, where the spacecraft will conduct a detailed survey of Europa to determine whether the icy world could have conditions suitable for life. Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission and carries a suite of nine instruments along with a gravity experiment that will investigate an ocean beneath Europa's surface, which scientists believe contains twice as much liquid water as Earth's oceans. NASA?s mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations): *Tuesday, Oct. 8 13:00 ? In-person, one-on-one interviews, open to media credentialed for this launch. 15:30 ? NASA?s Europa Clipper science briefing with the following participants: Gina DiBraccio, acting director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters Robert Pappalardo, project scientist, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL Haje Korth, deputy project scientist, Europa Clipper, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Cynthia Phillips, project staff scientist, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL Wednesday, Oct. 9 14:00 ? NASA Social panel at NASA Kennedy with the following participants: *Kate Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor, NASA Headquarters; *Caley Burke, Flight Design Analyst, NASA?s Launch Services Program; *Erin Leonard, project staff scientist, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL; *Juan Pablo Le?n, systems testbed engineer, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL; *Elizabeth Turtle, principal investigator, Europa Imaging System instrument, Europa Clipper, APL The panel will stream live on NASA Kennedy?s YouTube, X, and Facebook accounts. Members of the public may ask questions online by posting to the YouTube, X, and Facebook live streams or using #AskNASA. *15:30 ? NASA?s Europa Clipper prelaunch news conference following completion of the Launch Readiness Review, with the following participants: *NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free *Sandra Connelly, deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ *Tim Dunn, launch director, NASA?s Launch Services Program *Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX *Jordan Evans, project manager, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL *Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force 17:30 ? NASA?s Europa Clipper rollout show. Coverage will stream live on NASA+, the agency?s website, the NASA app, and YouTube. *Thursday, Oct. 10 11:30 a.m. ? NASA launch coverage in English begins on NASA+. 11:30 a.m. ? NASA launch coverage in Spanish begins on NASA+, and NASA?s Spanish YouTube channel. 12:31 p.m. ? Launch Audio Only Coverage More about the mission, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper #EuropaClipper and #NASASocial.
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