A SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket will launch from the Kennedy Space Center with the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission. The NASA Europa Clipper spacecraft plans to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa for signs of life. Read: NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter moon’s underground ocean cleared for October launch

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest the agency has ever built for a planetary mission, will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometers) from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Europa,

NASA has given the go-ahead to next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa. Monday's decision came after after reviewing the spacecraft’s ability to withstand the intense radiation there.

NASA on Monday gave the green light for a mission to Jupiter to study the moon Europa's underground ocean. The Europa Clipper mission will launch next month following a critical review of the spacecraft's ability to handle the intense radiation there.