More:NASA Europa Clipper mission lifts off from KSC on way to potential "water world" A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A on NASA's anticipated Europa Clipper mission. The launch made the targeted time of 12:06 p.m. EDT.

NASA's Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft ever built for an interplanetary mission, has launched from Kennedy Space Center on a mission to explore Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Europa Clipper will travel 1.

A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.