NASA, in collaboration with SpaceX, successfully launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday. The spacecraft will begin a six-year journey to reach and study Jupiter's Europa moon.

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s ocean moon is not looking for life, but will see if life could be possible there. It’s a step that could help the bigger hunt beyond our solar system. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying the largest satellite ever built for NASA’s planetary science missions lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 12:06 p.

NASA is set to launch its Europa Clipper spacecraft Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for its first mission to Jupiter since 2011. The mission is scheduled for 12:06 p.m. ET and weather conditions appear favorable for Europa Clipper to begin its six-year journey Jupiter's icy moon Europa.