A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s long-awaited mission to Europe, Jupiter’s icy moon, which may have the conditions to support life. The agency has been planning to send a probe to the Jupiter moon for years and completed its plans in 2019. In its announcement, NASA said the Europa Clipper spacecraft is scheduled … Read more
“Juno carries a number of sensitive instruments that Ganymede can see in ways never before possible.” Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury, according to NASA. The flyby will be the closest to Ganymede since 2000. Jupiter’s largest moon is getting visitors today. On Monday afternoon, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles of … Read more
In a 2014 photo taken while serving as a U.S. Senator, Bill Nelson (center) examines a model of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with ex-astronaut Chris Ferguson as a guide. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) President Joe Biden’s decision to head NASA – former US Senator Bill Nelson … Read more