NASA has launched the Europa Clipper mission on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa, a potential habitat for life due to its vast subsurface ocean beneath an icy crust. The spacecraft, the largest NASA has sent on a planetary mission, will take 5.5 years to reach Jupiter, where it will perform 49 close flybys of Europa to study the moon's ice shell, ocean, and potential organic compounds. This $5.2 billion mission aims to determine if Europa's ocean could support life, although it will not directly search for life. The launch, initially delayed by Hurricane Milton, marks a significant step in exploring ocean worlds in the solar system, with the potential to reshape our understanding of habitability beyond Earth. The Clipper's instruments are designed to penetrate Europa's ice and analyze its chemical composition, providing insights into the moon's geology and ocean chemistry.