Europa probe to search for habitable environments.

Don't worry: no landing will be attempted.

Image: NASA

Europa Clipper will head to the Saturnian moon next month, weather permitting, and examine it for potential habitability—if not by us then some form of life. CNN reports on the extensive series of tests that had to be completed for the mission to launch and the challenges the probe will face, not least a dangerous dip into Jupiter's radiation…