A few things going off lately:
Yesterday Space X caught it's booster in a remarkable feat of engineering. It's worth persevering through all the American whooping:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUSWUwbjTtQ
Additionally, Eurupa Clipper launches today. The Clipper is the first mission dedicated to studying Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, one of the most promising places in our solar system to find an environment suitable for life outside of Earth. Evidence suggests that beneath Europa’s frozen surface is a global ocean of water, and scientists want to find out if there’s also the right chemistry and energy to sustain life. It is launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and arrives in 2030. Covering a distance of about 1.8 billion miles, the path swings past Mars, then Earth, using the two planets' gravity as a slingshot to add speed to the spacecraft's journey to Jupiter. Once in orbit at Jupiter, the spacecraft will conduct dozens of close flybys of the gas giant's icy moon Europa.
Europa Clipper's three main science objectives are to determine the thickness of the moon's icy shell and its interactions with the ocean below, to investigate its composition, and to characterise its geology. The mission's detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.
science.nasa.gov
This launches in the next few hours.
Yesterday Space X caught it's booster in a remarkable feat of engineering. It's worth persevering through all the American whooping:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUSWUwbjTtQ
Additionally, Eurupa Clipper launches today. The Clipper is the first mission dedicated to studying Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, one of the most promising places in our solar system to find an environment suitable for life outside of Earth. Evidence suggests that beneath Europa’s frozen surface is a global ocean of water, and scientists want to find out if there’s also the right chemistry and energy to sustain life. It is launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and arrives in 2030. Covering a distance of about 1.8 billion miles, the path swings past Mars, then Earth, using the two planets' gravity as a slingshot to add speed to the spacecraft's journey to Jupiter. Once in orbit at Jupiter, the spacecraft will conduct dozens of close flybys of the gas giant's icy moon Europa.
Europa Clipper's three main science objectives are to determine the thickness of the moon's icy shell and its interactions with the ocean below, to investigate its composition, and to characterise its geology. The mission's detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.
Watch Online - NASA Science
Here's how to watch Europa Clipper's launch and related activities online.
science.nasa.gov
This launches in the next few hours.
