
NASA cites Falcon flight heritage to select SpaceX to launch Europa Clipper
Source: NASA Spaceflight
Date Published: 07/27/2021
On Friday, July 23, NASA announced that SpaceX was the winner of a commercial procurement to launch the Europa Clipper mission, which will closely study the icy Galilean moon of Jupiter in search of signs of life and/or ongoing geological activity. The mission is due to launch no earlier than October 2024.