NASA / Ben Smegelsky
Europa Clipper Solar Array Alignment and Install, Wing Deployment (Photo Release)
Technicians align, install and then extend the second set of solar arrays, measuring 46.5 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) high, for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the agency’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
The huge arrays – spanning more than 100 feet when fully deployed, or about the length of a basketball court – will collect sunlight to power the spacecraft as it flies multiple times around Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, conducting science investigations to determine its potential to support life.
Source: NASA.Gov
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NASA / Ben Smegelsky
NASA / Ben Smegelsky
NASA / Ben Smegelsky
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