Is there life on Jupiter’s moon Europa? NASA launches mission to find hints
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A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida today, carrying with it NASA’s US$5-billion dream of finding hints of life on a distant moon. The mission — the most ambitious hunt for life beyond Earth since NASA began exploring Mars decades ago — will now voyage towards Jupiter to investigate a vast ocean buried under the icy crust of its moon Europa.
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