{"id":113528,"date":"2024-10-13T03:10:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113528"},"modified":"2024-10-13T03:10:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T20:10:48","slug":"nasa-spacex-delay-europa-clipper-launch-to-jupiter-to-oct-14-amid-post-hurricane-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113528","title":{"rendered":"NASA, SpaceX delay Europa Clipper launch to Jupiter to Oct. 14 amid post-hurricane checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>NASA has postponed the launch of its next flagship mission to Jupiter by at least another day as the agency and SpaceX conduct additional checks to ensure the spacecraft is ready to fly after Hurricane Milton battered its Florida launch site.<\/p>\n<p>The mission, called <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/europa-clipper-mission-explained\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/europa-clipper-mission-explained\">Europa Clipper<\/a>, is now targeted to launch to Jupiter&#8217;s icy moon Europa no earlier than Monday (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/39779-falcon-heavy-facts.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/39779-falcon-heavy-facts.html\">Falcon Heavy rocket<\/a> from Pad 39A of NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center. The launch has been delayed since Oct. 10, first to Oct. 13 as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/europa-clipper-hurricane-milton-nasa-ksc-photo\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/europa-clipper-hurricane-milton-nasa-ksc-photo\">Hurricane Milton approached Florida<\/a> on Wednesday, and now another day due to additional checks in the storm&#8217;s wake.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;Following Hurricane Milton, teams are continuing to do checkouts to ensure flight readiness,&#8221; NASA <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/europaclipper\/2024\/10\/11\/nasa-spacex-targeting-net-oct-14-for-europa-clipper-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/europaclipper\/2024\/10\/11\/nasa-spacex-targeting-net-oct-14-for-europa-clipper-launch\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in an update<\/a> late Friday (Oct. 11). The storm hammered Florida on Wednesday and Thursday. NASA and SpaceX have until Nov. 2 to launch Europa Clipper in the current planetary window, mission managers have said.<\/p>\n<p>Europa Clipper is a $5 billion mission to explore Jupiter&#8217;s ice-covered moon <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/15498-europa-sdcmp.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/15498-europa-sdcmp.html\">Europa<\/a>, a world known to harbor <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-moon-europa-water-vapor-confirmed.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-moon-europa-water-vapor-confirmed.html\">vast plumes of water geysers<\/a> that may contain a subsurface salty ocean with more water than all of Earth&#8217;s oceans. The moon is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-moon-europa-deep-sea-volcanoes\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-moon-europa-deep-sea-volcanoes\">one of the most promising places<\/a> to seek out signs of alien life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mission scientists hope to use Europa Clipper to determine exactly <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-ocean-moon-europa-oxygen-measurement\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/jupiter-ocean-moon-europa-oxygen-measurement\">how habitable Europa&#8217;s ocean may be<\/a> beneath the moon&#8217;s thick ice shell. It carries a suite of instruments to measure the moon&#8217;s gravitational field, interactions with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/7-jupiter-largest-planet-solar-system.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/7-jupiter-largest-planet-solar-system.html\">Jupiter<\/a>, and a radar that can peer through Europa&#8217;s ice into the ocean below, amid other instruments like cameras and dust analyzers to study the moon&#8217;s thin exosphere. If all goes well, Europa Clipper will arrive at Europa on April 11, 2030.<\/p>\n<p>But first, Europa Clipper needs to get off the ground and that will depend on conditions at NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) near Cape Canaveral, Florida, which was damaged by Hurricane Milton. An early assessment found minor damage to the center, NASA officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An overturned flatbed truck trailer on its side at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after Hurricane Milton.\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/xuHdBzwhif2GwJZFpxLWQb.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">An overturned flatbed truck trailer on its side at NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center after Hurricane Milton. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA Kennedy Space Center)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Damage Assessment and Recovery Team has completed their assessment of the center and its facilities, and determined that employees can safely return on-site to resume working,&#8221; KSC officials <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASAKennedy\/status\/1844877376808730630\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASAKennedy\/status\/1844877376808730630\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote Friday evening on X<\/a> (formerly Twitter). &#8220;The damage identified is manageable and in-line with the items the Ride Out Teams previously identified, including minor impacts such as ripped awning, and damage to doors and traffic lights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-SrZsirNMswLsNHghCUakTd\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-SrZsirNMswLsNHghCUakTd slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kennedy is now OPEN!The Damage Assessment and Recovery Team has completed their assessment of the center and its facilities, and determined that employees can safely return on-site to resume working.The damage identified is manageable and in-line with the items the Ride Out\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/7gxcFCCzLh<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAKennedy\/status\/1844877376808730630\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAKennedy\/status\/1844877376808730630\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Photographs released by KSC officials showed damage to a building exterior and an overturned flatbed truck trailer.<\/p>\n<p>NASA and SpaceX have not released a target launch time for the Europa Clipper mission, but a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/europa-clipper\/launch-windows\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/europa-clipper\/launch-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">list of launch windows for the mission<\/a> states an Oct. 14 liftoff would occur at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 GMT). The liftoff time moves a few minutes earlier each day as the mission moves later into its launch window.<\/p>\n<p>NASA and SpaceX will livestream the launch of Europa Clipper on Oct. 14, with a webcast that likely begins well before launch time. You&#8217;ll be able to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-heavy-europa-clipper-launch-webcast\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-falcon-heavy-europa-clipper-launch-webcast\">watch the Europa Clipper launch live on Space.com<\/a> once a final date and time are set.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-spacex-europa-clipper-launch-date-october-14\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has postponed the launch of its next flagship mission to Jupiter by at least another day as the agency and SpaceX conduct additional checks to ensure the spacecraft is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113528\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}