Technicians transfer NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft contained in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to accommodate set up of its five-panel photo voltaic array on the company’s Kennedy Area Heart in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. After shifting the spacecraft, the group needed to exactly align the spacecraft in preparation for the set up. The massive arrays – spanning greater than 100 ft when absolutely deployed, or concerning the size of a basketball court docket – will acquire daylight to energy the spacecraft because it flies a number of instances round Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, conducting science investigations to find out its potential to help life.
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