NASA updates coverage for Europa Clipper after Hurricane Milton

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Europa Clipper, the agency's mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa. NASA is now aiming to launch a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 14.

Beyond Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa is considered one of the most promising potentially habitable environments in the solar system. After a journey of about 1.8 billion miles, Europa Clipper will enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030, where the spacecraft will conduct a detailed study of Europa to determine whether the icy world could have suitable conditions for life. Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission. It features a suite of nine instruments as well as a gravity experiment that will study an ocean beneath Europa's surface that scientists believe contains twice as much liquid water as Earth's oceans.

For an updated schedule of live events and the platforms they will be streamed on, please visit:

https://go.nasa.gov/europaclipperlive

NASA mission reporting is as follows (all times East Coast and subject to change due to real-time operations):

Sunday, October 13th

8:30 a.m. – Preview of NASA's Europa Clipper launch. Coverage will be streamed on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA content across various platforms, including social media.

9:30 a.m. – NASA Europa Clipper scientific conference call with the following participants:

• Gina DiBraccio, Acting Director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
• Robert Pappalardo, project scientist, Europa Clipper, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Haje Korth, Deputy Project Scientist, Europa Clipper, Applied Physics Laboratory
• Cynthia Phillips, Project Associate, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL

Coverage of the scientific conference call will be broadcast live on the agency's website.

No earlier than 4:15 p.m. – NASA's Europa Clipper pre-launch teleconference following completion of launch readiness verification. Please follow the Europa Clipper blog for timely updates. Participants include:

• Jim Free, NASA deputy administrator
• Sandra Connelly, deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Jordan Evans, Project Manager, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL
• Tim Dunn, senior launch director of NASA's Launch Services Program
• Julianna Scheiman, Director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
• Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, US Space Force

Coverage of the prelaunch conference call will be broadcast live on the agency's website.

Monday, October 14th

11 a.m. – NASA launch coverage in English begins on NASA+.

11 a.m. – NASA launch coverage in Spanish begins on NASA+ and NASA's Spanish YouTube channel.

12:06 p.m. – Start

Coverage of the launch on the NASA website

Coverage of the launch day mission will be available on the agency's website. Coverage includes links to live streaming and blog updates beginning no earlier than October 13 at 9:30 a.m. EDT when countdown milestones are met. Shortly after launch, on-demand streaming videos and photos of the launch will be available.

Follow countdown coverage on the Europa Clipper blog.

Participate in the launch virtually

Members of the public can register to attend this launch virtually. NASA's virtual guest program for this mission also includes curated launch resources, notifications of related opportunities or changes, and a post-launch NASA virtual guest pass stamp.

Watch and get involved on social media

Let people know you're following the mission on X, Facebook and Instagram using the hashtags #EuropaClipper and #NASASocial. You can also stay connected by following and tagging these accounts:

X: @NASA, @EuropaClipper, @NASASolarSystem, @NASAJPL, @NASAKennedy, @NASA_LSP

Facebook: NASA, NASA's Europa Clipper, NASA's JPL, NASA's Launch Services Program

Instagram: @NASA, @nasasolarsystem, @NASAKennedy, @NASAJPL

For more information about the mission, see:

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper