@linkstarss: NASA’s Europa Clipper, which launched 14 Oct. 2024, on a journey to Jupiter’s moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million km) from Earth Shortly after launch, the spacecraft deployed its massive solar arrays, which extend the length of a basketball court, and the magnetometer’s boom, which uncoiled from a canister mounted on the spacecraft body, extending a full 28 feet (8.5 meters) -The magnetometer will measure Europa's magnetic field to determine the thickness of its ice shell and the depth, salinity, and properties of its subsurface ocean Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech #space #jupiter #moon #europaclipper #europa #ocean