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A mannequin is seen inside a Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room during a media visit to the NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on April 11, 2024 in Pasadena, California. The spacecraft is scheduled to investigate and perform flybys of Europa, Jupiter’s moon, where data suggests a global ocean of water lies beneath the icy surface which may be habitable for life. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in October. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

CLIPPER SPACECRAFT

NASA unveils probe bound for Jupiter’s possibly life-sustaining moon

The mission, planning for which began in the late 1990s, is expected to conclude around 2034

Huw Griffith