{"id":10541,"date":"2024-03-27T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-europa-clipper-survives-and-thrives-in-outer-space-on-earth\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T22:01:50","slug":"nasas-europa-clipper-survives-and-thrives-in-outer-space-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-europa-clipper-survives-and-thrives-in-outer-space-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in \u2018Outer Space\u2019 on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in \u2018Outer Space\u2019 on Earth<\/h2>\n

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Europa Clipper is seen in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at JPL in February, before the start of thermal vacuum testing. A battery of tests ensures that the NASA spacecraft can withstand the extreme hot, cold, and airless environment of space. <\/div>\n
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A gantlet of tests prepared the spacecraft for its challenging trip to the Jupiter system, where it will explore the icy moon Europa and its subsurface ocean.<\/em><\/p>\n

In less than six months, NASA is set to launch Europa Clipper<\/a> on a 1.6-billion-mile (2.6-billion-kilometer) voyage to Jupiter\u2019s ocean moon Europa. From the wild vibrations of the rocket ride to the intense heat and cold of space to the punishing radiation of Jupiter, it will be a journey of extremes. The spacecraft was recently put through a series of hard-core tests at the agency\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to ensure it\u2019s up to the challenge.<\/p>\n

Called environmental testing, the battery of trials simulates the environment that the spacecraft will face, subjecting it to shaking, chilling, airlessness, electromagnetic fields, and more.<\/p>\n

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NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper is seen being lifted into the Space Simulator at JPL in February. Thermal vacuum testing, which lasted 16 days, ensures that the spacecraft will withstand the harsh conditions of space. <\/div>\n
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NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper is visible in the clean room of High Bay 1 within JPL\u2019s Spacecraft Assembly Facility in January. The tent around the spacecraft was erected to support electromagnetic testing, which was part of a regimen of environmental tests. <\/div>\n
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