Falcon Heavy Rocket: Europa Clipper probe to launch on October 10

SCIENCE: SpaceX will launch NASA’s highly anticipated Europa Clipper mission on Thursday (Oct. 10), and you can watch it here On Tuesday (Oct. 8) at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT), NASA will host a briefing to discuss the science goals of Europa Clipper, which will reach Jupiter’s orbit in 2030 and study Europa on dozens of close flybys.

The briefing participants are:

Gina DiBraccio, acting director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters Robert Pappalardo, project scientist, Europa Clipper, NASA’s JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Heje Korth, deputy project scientist, Europa Clipper, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Cynthia Phillips, project staff scientist, Europa Clipper, NASA’s JPLA The “NASA Social” panel, held at KSC, will stream Wednesday (Oct. 9) at 2:00 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) During such events, agency scientists, engineers and officials answer questions from the public. You can submit questions on NASA’s X, Facebook and YouTube accounts using the #AskNASA hashtag.

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The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 12:31 p.m. EDT (1631 GMT) on Thursday, launching the $5 billion Europa Clipper mission, which will assess the habitability of Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa. You can watch the launch — the mighty Falcon Heavy’s 10th — live here on Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly through the space agency. It will also be followed by some prelaunch activities;