.On Aug. 21, 2024, engineers and also professionals deployed as well as evaluated NASA's Europa Clipper giant photovoltaic selections. Each selection gauges regarding 46.5 feet (14.2 gauges) long and also about 13.5 feets (4.1 gauges) high.Europa Clipper is actually set up to release Oct. 10, 2024, on the first objective to conduct a comprehensive scientific research investigation of Jupiter's moon Europa. Researchers predict Europa possesses a salted sea under its icy crusting that might hold the building blocks required to maintain life.Learn how this space probe's sun assortments perseverance flybys.Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux.