NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s ocean moon is not looking for life, but will see if life could be possible there. It’s a step that could help the bigger hunt beyond our solar system. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying the largest satellite ever built for NASA’s planetary science missions lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 12:06 p.

SpaceX has sent NASA's Europa Clipper on its mission to the Jupiter moon atop its Falcon Heavy rocket.