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NASA successfully launches its Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter's moon in search for aliens.

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00:00You missed 15 seconds and counting. And here we go. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition and liftoff.
00:18Liftoff of Falcon Heavy with Europa Clipper unveiling the mysteries of an enormous ocean lurking beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa.
00:29Engine chamber pressures are nominal.
00:32We see that the chamber pressures are nominal as we hear all 27 Berlin engines look great.
00:37Rocket beginning to roll.
00:40Putting down 5.1 million pounds of thrust.
00:52Coming up they're going to back off those engines just a bit.
00:59As we get ready to head into max Q.
01:01Power and telemetry nominal.
01:03We hear that power and telemetry on the vehicle are good there. Everything's looking real well.
01:07Falcon Heavy is supersonic.
01:13They have reduced power in the center core to get through maximum max Q, maximum dynamic pressure on the launch vehicle as we approach that.
01:20The two side boosters at full throttle.
01:26A beautiful shot there is our camera team.
01:32Max Q.
01:34Locking into the rocket on a clear blue sky.
01:37The view from the booster camp back down on Earth.
01:41And there we heard the call for max Q.
01:42The vehicle is passing through maximum dynamic pressure.
01:45Next thing up in about two minutes will be booster engine cutoff where we see the two side booster engines, all 18, shut down and get ready for booster separation.
01:55But the vehicle is performing very well.
01:57Looking at all the telemetry that we have, power and trajectory are nominal.

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