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Europa Clipper will slingshot off Mars in February, swing back around the sun and slingshot off earth in 2026 and finally insert itself into Jupiter orbit in 2030


On its journey to the Jupiter system, NASA's Europa Clipper will take a path that swings past Mars, then Earth, using the gravity of each planet as a slingshot to boost the spacecraft's speed.

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