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Technicians wearing blue suits with white head coverings and gloves look on as the Europa Clipper spacecraft is lifted out of its protective shipping container. The spacecraft is silver with orange wiring throughout; many of its components are wrapped.

Crews Unpack NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft

Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to rotate the agency’s largest planetary mission spacecraft, Europa Clipper, to a vertical position on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, as part of prelaunch processing. Slated to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy, Europa Clipper will help determine if conditions exist below the surface Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, Europa, that could support life.

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

TakenMay 28, 2024

Image CreditNASA/Kim Shiflett

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