EUROPA CLIPPER PRE-LAUNCH TELECONFERENCE, Oct 13, 2024, 4:15 pm ET

Update, October 12, 9:45 pm ET: NASA has issued a new press release with updated information.  The pre-launch teleconference will be at 4:15 pm ET on October 13 with the same participants.

Update, October 12: 5:35 pm ET:  NASA just emailed that today’s briefings are moving to tomorrow “for now.”

Update, October 11:  NASA is targeting Sunday, October 13, for the Europa Clipper launch and sent out a media advisory with new times for the pre-launch briefing (Oct 12, 3:30 pm ET), science briefing (Oct 12, 4:45 pm ET) and post-launch briefing (Oct 13, 12:30 pm ET), but all of these times are tentative as of 2:00 pm October 11.

Participants in the pre-launch teleconference are:

• NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
• Sandra Connelly, deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Jordan Evans, project manager, Europa Clipper, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Tim Dunn, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program
• Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
• Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

Coverage of the prelaunch teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

Update, October 6:  The launch has been postponed, and the associated pre-launch events as well, because of Hurricane Milton.

Original Entry: NASA will hold the pre-launch news conference for the Europa Clipper mission on October 9, 2024 at 3:30 pm ET.

The launch of Europa Clipper is scheduled for October 10 at 12:31 pm ET.  See our separate entry for launch information.

The briefing follows the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) and the time could change.

Coverage of the prelaunch news conference will stream live on NASA+, the agency’s website, the NASA app, and YouTube.

Participants are:

• NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
• Sandra Connelly, deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Tim Dunn, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program
• Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
• Jordan Evans, project manager, Europa Clipper, NASA JPL
• Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force