NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Europa Clipper mission has passed a key testing this week, and is targeting for launch on Oct. 10, according to NASA. The mission passed a planning milestone, known as Key Decision Point E, on Monday. It now is approved to continue to proceed toward launch.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission passed a key milestone review with flying colors and is now approved to proceed toward launch on schedule in a few weeks following a technical scare, officials told reporters at a teleconference.