Space

Testing Europa Dog clipper's Solar Arrays

.On Aug. 21, 2024, engineers and also service technicians deployed and tested NASA's Europa Dog clipper giant photo voltaic collections. Each collection gauges about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and also about 13.5 feet (4.1 gauges) higher.Europa Dog clipper is planned to launch Oct. 10, 2024, on the initial purpose to administer a thorough scientific research investigation of Jupiter's moon Europa. Researchers predict Europa possesses a salted ocean below its icy crust that can carry the foundation important to sustain life.Know exactly how this spacecraft's sun collections perseverance flybys.Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux.