.On Aug. 21, 2024, engineers and experts set up and also checked NASA's Europa Clipper big solar collections. Each assortment evaluates concerning 46.5 feets (14.2 gauges) long as well as around 13.5 feet (4.1 gauges) high.Europa Clipper is actually scheduled to release Oct. 10, 2024, on the very first mission to carry out a detailed science investigation of Jupiter's moon Europa. Researchers forecast Europa possesses a salted sea beneath its own icy shell that could support the building blocks required to maintain life.Learn exactly how this space probe's sunlight arrays perseverance flybys.Photo credit history: NASA/Frank Michaux.