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Testing Europa Dog clipper's Solar Arrays

.On Aug. 21, 2024, developers and professionals set up as well as checked NASA's Europa Dog clipper big sunlight arrays. Each array determines regarding 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and also approximately 13.5 feet (4.1 gauges) high.Europa Clipper is planned to introduce Oct. 10, 2024, on the very first objective to perform an in-depth scientific research examination of Jupiter's moon Europa. Experts forecast Europa has a salted sea below its own icy crusting that might hold the building blocks important to maintain life.Find out how this spacecraft's solar energy varieties will power flybys.Photo credit history: NASA/Frank Michaux.