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NASA's Europa Clipper Spacecraft Kicks Assembly Into High Gear – NASA's Europa Clipper
The approximately 10-foot-diameter (3-meter-diameter) HGA will beam back information from Europa Clipper’s nine instruments, which will gather data on Europa’s atmosphere, surface, and interior.

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Carlisa Drew went from being a commercial electrician to wiring the electrical system for NASA’s Europa Clipper propulsion module. 

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The agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon takes a big step forward as engineers deliver a major component of the spacecraft.

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission Completes Main Body of the Spacecraft

The instrument to measure the surface temperature of Jupiter’s moon Europa has arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

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Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission’s final phase before a launch to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in 2024.

NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft

Here are ten things to know about how Europa Clipper’s instruments will achieve the mission’s science objectives. 

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Europa Clipper will need to know its orientation while traveling from Earth to Jupiter and in orbit around Jupiter. To accomplish this, it will use the stars. 

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The most complex and demanding segment of Europa Clipper's trajectory is the three years when it performs repeated flybys of Jupiter's moon Europa. 

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Take a closer look at the complex choreography involved in building NASA’s Europa Clipper as the mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa approaches its 2024 launch date.

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Jupiter’s moon Europa may have the potential to harbor life. The spacecraft will use multiple flybys of the moon to investigate the habitability of this ocean world.

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In an unprecedented year, the Europa Clipper project continues on the path toward unprecedented science. 

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If a subsurface ocean or reservoir is venting material into space as plumes, the dust analyzer will help us to determine if Europa’s water is suitable for some form of life.

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En enero, Limón visitó JPL para observar la nave espacial y aprender más sobre la misión. Limón fue nombrada la vigésimocuarta Poetisa Laureada Asesora en Poesía por la bibliotecaria del congreso Carla Hayden en 2022, y reelegida para un segundo mandato de dos años en abril de 2023. Limón nació en Sonoma, California, y es de ascendencia mexicana. Es autora de varios poemarios, entre ellos “The Hurting Kind” y "The Carrying”, el cual ganó el Premio Nacional de Poesía del Círculo de Críticos de Libros.
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NASA Hosts Live Discussion about Europa Findings, Potential for Life – NASA's Europa Clipper
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Jupiter’s moon Europa has an icy crust covering a vast, global ocean. The rocky layer underneath may be hot enough to melt, leading to undersea volcanoes.

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In an unprecedented year, the Europa Clipper project continues on the path toward unprecedented science. 

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