That is me just signed my name up to go in the message in a bottle, now I cannot wait until launch day though it will be a long wait.
 
That is excellent news, having a complete spacecraft. The next part will be testing to see if all the parts are working as they should be.
 
View: https://twitter.com/rpappalardo/status/1682083298053591041


I spy ... MISE! And now it's installed on @EuropaClipper! Here's the Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa in @NASAJPL High Bay 1, just before its installation onto the spacecraft. All Europa instruments are now delivered, except the radar antennas (coming soon!). #PI_Daily

View: https://twitter.com/rpappalardo/status/1681118173037481984


What a day, getting up close and personal in the clean room with @EuropaClipper! #PI_Daily
 
It will be interesting to watch live Flyaway, I have always wondered how they manage to put the main antenna onto spacecraft.
 
View: https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1773032626753880090


How does a spacecraft survive a wild rocket ride and harsh space conditions? By passing a series of tests here on Earth first.

Preparing to launch in less than six months, @EuropaClipper recently endured shaking, chilling, airlessness, and more: https://go.nasa.gov/4cvGOnl


View: https://twitter.com/NASA_LSP/status/1773039292538896401


@EuropaClipper
was put through its paces & passed!

Technicians are making sure the spacecraft can withstand the extreme conditions of space and be ready to research Jupiter’s moon. Next up, Europa Clipper will be shipped to KSC for launch processing.

 
Interesting news Flyaway, I wonder if NASA would be able to detect life with the ice penetrating radar. Or would that be for an other future mission?
 
No idea if a radar could penetrate an ice crust 20 km thick ? makes our Antarctica looks like an ice cube in a glass of whisky...
 
View: https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1778483265755824544


NASA JPL

@NASAJPL
How big is the
@EuropaClipper spacecraft?
With its massive solar arrays deployed, Europa Clipper spans more than 100 ft (about 30 m) – about the length of a basketball court – and is the largest spacecraft @NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission.

View: https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1778497749140521423


How exactly do you build a spacecraft like @EuropaClipper? It takes thousands of parts and a huge team of very smart and creative people. Learn more about the process ⬇️
 
Europa Clipper is shipping to Florida later this month:

It's official: Europa Clipper's vault plate has been installed onto the spacecraft before it heads to @NASAKennedy later this month.

Can you see that microchip on the vault plate? That's YOU!

 
That is going quicker than I had thought Flyaway, NASA must be extremely happy witht the process that has been made thus far with Europa Clipper.
 
Trying not to get too excited for Europa Clipper's launch Flyaway, old habbits die hard I suppose.
 
It’s using the same shipping container as Psyche did, and flying in a C-17 Globemaster III.
 
Good to hear that Europa Clipper using the same shipping container as Phyche did and getting transported in a C-17, obviously NASA was happy about the transportation of Psyche.
 
I forget that it is going to be a long flight to Jupiter for Europa Clipper Flyaway, six long years before it arrives at Jupiter.
 

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