NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, considered one of our solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth, to learn whether this ice-encased world believed to harbor a vast underground ocean is habitable.

Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. It won’t search for life, but rather determine whether conditions there could support it. Another mission would be needed to flush out any microorganisms lurking there.

NASA plans to launch the Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, a potential site for extraterrestrial life. The mission aims to evaluate the moon's habitable conditions by analyzing its icy surface,

The Europa Clipper spacecraft is preparing to launch this week, aiming to discover if the hidden life exists on Jupiter's moon Europa.

NASA is set to launch a jumbo spacecraft, Europa Clipper, to see if an icy moon of Jupiter has the characteristics of a habitable world.

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft, named Europa Clipper, will determine if conditions there could support life.

NASA will soon be launching a mission to Europa, the planet Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon. A spacecraft called the Europa Clipper will be sent to the icy moon to conduct a detailed study and search for areas that could potentially host alien life.

It’s a chance for us to explore not a world that might have been habitable billions of years ago, but a world that might be habitable today — right now,” said program scientist Curt