Europa Clipper Glitches Past Mars

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NASA's Europa Clipper will fly close to Mars today on way to Jupiter's icy moon

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NASA 's Europa Clipper spacecraft will fly past Mars on March 1 .

The spacecraft will reach its closest point to Mars at 12:57 p.m. EST ( 1757 GMT ) This maneuver is designed to position the spacecraft for a critical phase in its 1.8-billion-mile ( 2.9-billion kilometer ) trek to the Jupiter system.

The probe's destination is Europa , a moon of Jupiter coated with a shell of ice that conceals a vast, presumably salty ocean.

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