NASA and SpaceX's Jupiter Moon Mission Europa Clipper Sails Off On Six-Year Mission

NASAlauncheditsEuropa Clipper spacecraftMonday atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for its first mission to Jupiter since 2011.

The mission lifted off at 12:06 p.m.

The mission joinsJuice, launched last year, andJuno, which set out in 2011.

Continuing launch coverage has been available onNASA’s Spaceflight YouTube pageand onSpaceX’s launch pageand itsX account.