NASA, SpaceX Targeting NET Oct. 14 for Europa Clipper Launch

A transport truck pulls a SpaceX payload fairing away from the processing facility at dusk. The fairing has the NASA logo and Europa Clipper emblem printed on the front. The sun has set leaving a colorful glow on the horizon.
Workers transport NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A on the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 4, 2024.

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than Monday, Oct. 14, for the launch of Europa Clipper. Following Hurricane Milton, teams are continuing to do checkouts to ensure flight readiness.