Space

Testing Europa Dog clipper's Solar Arrays

.On Aug. 21, 2024, designers and professionals deployed and also tested NASA's Europa Clipper huge photovoltaic assortments. Each assortment evaluates concerning 46.5 feets (14.2 meters) long and around 13.5 feets (4.1 gauges) high.Europa Dog clipper is set up to launch Oct. 10, 2024, on the initial objective to carry out an in-depth science examination of Jupiter's moon Europa. Researchers forecast Europa possesses a salted sea beneath its own icy crust that can support the building blocks important to sustain life.Learn exactly how this spacecraft's solar energy assortments will power flybys.Picture credit: NASA/Frank Michaux.