SpaceX Launches NASA Satellite on Quest for Life Near Jupiter

The ingredients for life may exist on Europa right now, according to NASA.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Oct. 14, 2024. John Raoux/AP Photo

With SpaceX over the weekend taking another giant step toward CEO Elon Musk’s dream of colonizing Mars, the company on Oct. 14 launched a NASA space probe on a quest to find organic life on Jupiter’s moon Europa.

After a couple of days’ delay due to Hurricane Milton, a Falcon Heavy Rocket launched NASA’s Europa Clipper from Kennedy Space Center in Florida shortly after noon local time.