NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft recently got outfitted with a set of enormous solar arrays at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Each measuring about 46½ feet (14.2 meters) long […]
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Astrobiology Droid Update: Europa Clipper Solar Array Alignment, Installation and Integration
Technicians tested deploying a set of massive solar arrays measuring about 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) high for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the […]
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Educator Workshop – Europa Clipper Mission
Educator Workshop – Europa Clipper Mission
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Exploring the Composition of Europa with the Upcoming Europa Clipper Mission
Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, harbors a subsurface liquid water ocean; the prospect of this ocean being habitable motivates further exploration of the moon with the upcoming NASA Europa Clipper mission. […]
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Europa Clipper Astrobiology Probe Undergoes High Gain Antenna Installation
Technicians prepare to install the nearly 10 feet (3 meters) wide dish-shaped high-gain antenna to NASA’s Europa Clipper, a spacecraft to study Jupiter’s icy moon, at the agency’s Payload Hazardous […]
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Simulations Show How Low Gravity On Ocean Worlds Might Help To Sustain Warm Water Circulation For Millions Of Years
A new study led by team members at UC Santa Cruz have used a complex computer model to investigate how the influence of low gravity, as found on ocean worlds […]
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Laboratory Characterization Of Hydrothermally Processed Oligopeptides In Ice Grains Emitted By Enceladus And Europa
The Cassini mission provided evidence for a global subsurface ocean and ongoing hydrothermal activity on Enceladus, based on results from Cassini’s mass spectrometers. Laboratory simulations of hydrothermal conditions on icy […]
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Hydrothermal Vents On The Seafloors Of Ocean Worlds Could Support Life
We’ve all seen the surreal footage in nature documentaries showing hydrothermal vents on the frigid ocean floor—bellowing black plumes of super-hot water—and the life forms that cling to them. Now, […]
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High Gain Antenna Installed On The Europa Clipper Astrobiology Probe
Technicians NASA Kennedy have installed the high-gain antenna onto our spacecraft. The nearly 10-feet-wide (3-meter) dish will transmit science data and receive commands.
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Video: Packing And Shipping The Europa Clipper Astrobiology Probe
How was NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft packed and shipped from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to Kennedy Space Center in Florida?