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Testing Europa Clipper's Solar Arrays

.On Aug. 21, 2024, designers as well as experts deployed and also checked NASA's Europa Clipper large photovoltaic assortments. Each collection determines about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and also about 13.5 feets (4.1 meters) high.Europa Dog clipper is actually set up to release Oct. 10, 2024, on the first purpose to perform a comprehensive science examination of Jupiter's moon Europa. Researchers forecast Europa possesses a salted sea below its icy crusting that could hold the foundation essential to sustain life.Learn exactly how this space probe's photovoltaic collections will power flybys.Image credit: NASA/Frank Michaux.

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