NASA’s ambitious plan toexplore Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons, has faced a significant setback. The agency has officially canceled the Europa Lander mission, a project that ...

NASA’s Europa lander may be in jeopardy after the midterms — and some are fine with seeing it go. Without Culberson, the lander no longer has its champion. by Loren Grush.

NASA budget cuts would scrap a proposed mission to one of Jupiter's moon. The Europa lander mission would supposedly drill through ice into the moon’s subterranean ocean to find signs of life.

Nasa's Europa lander could determine whether there was or is life on the jovian moon. The announcement is intended to provide notice of a two-step competition for experiments.

NASA is headed to Jupiter's fascinating moon Europa this year. Scientists suspect a deep ocean sloshes beneath the icy world's crust. The looming mission, called Europa Clipper, will launch in ...

NASA engineers have spent the past decade developing a rugged, partially autonomous lander designed to explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons. The space agency got cold feet over ...

A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has outlined the decade-long development and testing of what was originally known as the Europa Lander prototype—a partially autonomous ...

The cancellation would save at least $84 million, as NASA would no longer need to pay to complete the tests or to operate the rover on the moon, Dr. Kearns said.