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The Europa Clipper spacecraft embarked Monday on its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in search of a potentially life-supporting world, US space agency NASA said. The probe was launched from the Cape Canaveral complex in Florida using a Falcon Heavy rocket from Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX. The launch was initially scheduled for October 10 but was postponed due to Hurricane Milton. After a journey of nearly 3 billion kilometres, Europa Clipper is expected to arrive in Jupiter’s orbit in 2030. During several close flybys, it is to investigate whether conditions on Europa might b…