Europa Clipper

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1631420639310675968

View: https://twitter.com/nasajpl/status/1631420639310675968

What's it look like to build a spacecraft?

Assembly for @EuropaClipper is underway in a clean room at JPL, and you can see what’s happening 24/7! Set to launch in 2024, the mission will investigate the habitability of Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon. https://bit.ly/clippercam

 

[TsrJoe]

Sign Your Name to Europa Clipper's Message in a Bottle

You're invited to #SendYourName to Jupiter's moon Europa by signing a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón that will travel aboard NASA's @EuropaClipper spacecraft

europa.nasa.gov

 

[FighterJock]

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.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1668687653016055808

View: https://twitter.com/rpappalardo/status/1668687653016055808

We have a spacecraft! The @EuropaClipper avionics and propulsion modules are now united into one beautiful spacecraft that will fly to Europa! ️
#PI_Daily

 

[FighterJock]

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.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1682083298053591041

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

https://twitter.com/x/status/1681118173037481984

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

What a day, getting up close and personal in the clean room with @EuropaClipper! #PI_Daily

 

[Flyaway]

Europa Clipper's Magnetometer Testing is Complete, Ready for Integration

Europa Clipper's Magnetometer Testing is Complete, Ready for Integration – NASA's Europa Clipper

The Europa Clipper magnetometer has completed its rigorous testing and calibration at JPL and is ready for integration onto the Europa Clipper spacecraft.

europa.nasa.gov

View: https://youtu.be/FLqtf4TUnXQ

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1689751105809666053

View: https://twitter.com/europaclipper/status/1689751105809666053

We'll be installing our spacecraft's main antenna next week, and you can watch live!

At 9:30am PT/12:30pm ET on Monday, Aug. 14 join experts from our team in a live discussion as we watch this important milestone

 

[FighterJock]

It will be interesting to watch live Flyaway, I have always wondered how they manage to put the main antenna onto spacecraft.

 

[Flyaway]

NASA’s Europa Probe Gets a Hotline to Earth

NASA’s Europa Probe Gets a Hotline to Earth

The addition of a high-gain antenna will enable the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft – set to launch in October 2024 – to communicate with mission controllers hundreds of millions of miles away.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

Related video:

View: https://youtu.be/ig3WygMfW40

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1701364309945917872

View: https://twitter.com/europaclipper/status/1701364309945917872

Our spacecraft is nearly assembled! Tune in on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 9:30 AM PT (12:30 PM ET/16:30 GMT) for a live chat with one of our mission experts about what we hope to discover at Jupiter's intriguing moon Europa.

View: https://youtu.be/yk0X3Sh2gIE

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1711908682491974130

View: https://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/1711908682491974130

I spoke with Europa Clipper’s project manager today, exactly one year—almost to the minute—before the mission’s first launch opportunity at 1151am EDT next October 10.

A year from launch, the Europa Clipper spacecraft nears finish line

The future of NASA's planetary science division is clouded by a budget crunch.

arstechnica.com

 

[Flyaway]

Exploring Ocean Worlds: Europa Clipper Is One Year From Launch (Live Public Talk)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYjGLPUo8OQ

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723070316149432470

View: https://twitter.com/nasajpl/status/1723070316149432470

The @EuropaClipper spacecraft is on the move - relocating from High Bay 1 to a testing location on lab. (And, yes, the JPL deer did assist!)

Don't forget: Time is running out to #SendYourName to Jupiter's icy moon! https://europa.nasa.gov/message-in-a-bottle/sign-on/

 

[Flyaway]

Europa Clipper's Mapping Imaging Spectrometer Installed on Spacecraft

Europa Clipper's Mapping Imaging Spectrometer Installed on Spacecraft – NASA's Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper's Mapping Imaging Spectrometer Installed on Spacecraft

europa.nasa.gov

 

[Flyaway]

Spacecraft Makers: Sewing Blankets for NASA’s Europa Clipper:

View: https://youtu.be/TO7io-7_w5A?si=dos8jnz3sqvu5vIG

 

[Flyaway]

Judging by this assembly of Europa Clipper is close to finishing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1734423994504503303

View: https://twitter.com/EuropaClipper/status/1734423994504503303

 

[FighterJock]

That is good progress for Europa Clipper, next stage after that is testing.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737584069612027973

View: https://twitter.com/ltelkins/status/1737584069612027973

Here’s @EuropaClipper going into its electric and magnetic compatibility tests at @NASAJPL. @RPappalardo thank you!

 

[Flyaway]

Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard

Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard - NASA

The science performed by the complex suite of instruments recently added to the spacecraft will reveal whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions that could

www.nasa.gov

 

[publiusr]

It wasn't that long ago that I read this:

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/5.9781600866449.0409.0495

In this here book:

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/4.866449

I remember a blurb about how Cassini was the "last of the super-probes."

I am so glad that didn't pan out.

Around 2000, things looked pretty dismal compared to today.

 

[Byeman]

It wasn't that long ago that I read this:

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/5.9781600866449.0409.0495

In this here book:

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/4.866449

I remember a blurb about how Cassini was the "last of the super-probes."

I am so glad that didn't pan out.

Around 2000, things looked pretty dismal compared to today.

that is what cheap launch will get you.

 

[Flyaway]

Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard

Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard

The science performed by the complex suite of instruments recently added to the spacecraft will reveal whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions that could support life.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773032626753880090

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

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773039292538896401

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.

NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on Earth

A gantlet of tests prepared the spacecraft for its challenging trip to the Jupiter system, where it will explore the icy moon Europa and its subsurface ocean.

jpl.nasa.gov

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773059008804331543

View: https://twitter.com/RPappalardo/status/1773059008804331543

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1773883096414531753

View: https://twitter.com/RPappalardo/status/1773883096414531753

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https://flic.kr/p/2pFZPX9

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https://flic.kr/p/2pG718u

View: https://flic.kr/p/2pG718u

 

[FighterJock]

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?

 

[Byeman]

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. That would require an in-situ instrument.

 

[Archibald]

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...

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1778483265755824544

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.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1778497749140521423

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

 

[FighterJock]

Interesting finds Flyaway, thanks for posting.

 

[Flyaway]

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!

https://twitter.com/NASAJP

 

[FighterJock]

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.

 

[Byeman]

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.

Quicker? It has to ship this month and it was planned that way for a long time.

 

[Flyaway]

Last chance to see @EuropaClipper in the high bay. It will be crated up today and be ready to ship off to the Cape soon.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789022198621237449

View: https://twitter.com/martiandennis/status/1789022198621237449

 

[FighterJock]

Trying not to get too excited for Europa Clipper's launch Flyaway, old habbits die hard I suppose.

 

[Flyaway]

It’s using the same shipping container as Psyche did, and flying in a C-17 Globemaster III.

 

[FighterJock]

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.

 

[Flyaway]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1790802845698245071

View: https://twitter.com/emileeann/status/1790802845698245071

 

[FighterJock]

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.