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Testing Europa Clipper’s Solar Arrays

Testing Europa Clipper’s Solar Arrays
Large black rectangular solar arrays stretch out from the foreground to the back.
NASA/Frank Michaux

On Aug. 21, 2024, engineers and technicians deployed and tested NASA’s Europa Clipper giant solar arrays. Each array measures about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) high.

Europa Clipper is scheduled to launch Oct. 10, 2024, on the first mission to conduct a detailed science investigation of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists predict Europa has a salty ocean beneath its icy crust that could hold the building blocks necessary to sustain life.

Learn how this spacecraft’s solar arrays will power flybys.

Image credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

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