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English: On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, a technician inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carries an antenna that will attach to a solar array for the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to determine if the planet has conditions that could support life. The REASON, (Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface) instrument will use the antennas to send both High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) radio waves to penetrate up to 18 miles (30 kilometers) deep and search the ocean, measure ice thickness, and study the topography, composition, and roughness of Europa’s surface. The Europa Clipper spacecraft will ship to Florida later this year from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Southern California in preparation for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A targeting October 2024.

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Taken on 20 March 2024

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NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/Glenn Benson

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antenna; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL); Falcon Heavy; JPL; rocket; SpaceX; spacecraft; Test; solar arrays; Europa; KSC; Jet Propulsion Lab; Launch Services Program; Assembly; Kennedy Space Center; NASA; Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility; Europa Clipper; ATLO; LSP; internal ocean; PHSF; Airbus; Jupiter; moon; icy moon; National Aeronautical and Space Administration; and Launch Operations

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