NASA's Europa Clipper uses Mars to go the distance
NASA's Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity assist—a maneuver to bend the spacecraft's trajectory and position it for a ...
NASA's Europa Clipper will fly close to Mars today on way to Jupiter's icy moon
NASA's Europa Clipper will fly past Mars today to adjust its trajectory and position itself for a critical phase of its ...
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Quad-Cities native, engineer contributes to NASA mission to Europa
Rayme Traub, a Sherrard native and NASA engineer, helped design the Europa Clipper probe. On Saturday, the probe will undergo ...
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Exoplanetary parade: What would the night sky look like on alien worlds? (op-ed)
What views of the night sky would we have if we had evolved on the Jupiter moon Europa, or one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets?
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Europa Clipper gets a boost from Mars on its way to Jupiter
NASA’s Europa Clipper is using Mars and Earth’s gravity to travel efficiently to Jupiter. The spacecraft will study Europa’s ...
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2 MW Nuclear Fusion Propulsion in Orbit Demo of Components in 2027
The Startup Pulsar Fusion is proposing a 2 Megawatt nuclear fusion orbital components for 2027. Pulsar has now proceeded to phase 3, the manufacture of the ...
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Here's How NASA's Life-Hunting Spacecraft Will Use Mars to Slingshot to Jupiter
The first major event of Europa Clipper's journey to Jupiter takes place this weekend as a gravity assist maneuver around the Red Planet.
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NASA's Europa Clipper will fly close to Mars today on way to Jupiter's icy moon
So, with everything on track, mission controllers commanded Europa Clipper to approach Mars' orbit in November of last year, followed by two additional maneuvers in January and February that set ...