Europa Clipper

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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
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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.
 
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We have a spacecraft! The @EuropaClipper avionics and propulsion modules are now united into one beautiful spacecraft that will fly to Europa! ️
#PI_Daily
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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.
 
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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
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What a day, getting up close and personal in the clean room with @EuropaClipper! #PI_Daily
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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
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It will be interesting to watch live Flyaway, I have always wondered how they manage to put the main antenna onto spacecraft.
 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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/
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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
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@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.
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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...
 
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@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.
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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 ⬇️
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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!
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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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