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[edit]Europa Clipper is a space probe developed by NASA and scheduled for launch in October 2024. The largest spacecraft NASA has built for a planetary mission, Europa Clipper is designed to study Jupiter's moon Europa through a series of flybys while in orbit around Jupiter, with the goals of exploring Europa, investigating its habitability, and aiding in the selection of a landing site for the future Europa Lander. It is expected to reach its destination in 2030. This photograph shows a commemorative plate, 7 by 11 inches (18 by 28 centimeters) in size and made of tantalum, that is attached to the outside of the space probe to seal an entrance to a vault designed to protect the electronics from Jupiter's radiation. The outer face of the plate, pictured here, is etched with waveforms of audio recordings of the word water translated into 103 languages, radiating outwards from the American Sign Language symbol for the same word. The inner face of the plate features a work by the American poet Ada Limón.Photograph credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech; photographed by Ryan Lannom
Did you know...
- ... that Actinote zikani (specimen pictured) is one of only two butterflies on the IUCN's list of the 100 most threatened species?
- ... that cyclist Daniela Larreal competed in five Olympic games for a country that later exiled her?
- ... that after Hitler came to power in 1933, the newspaper Hakenkreuzbanner acquired an office building and printing presses by seizing them from a Social Democratic publication?
- ... that despite having no university training, Agnes Crane described a new species of brachiopod in 1886?
- ... that chronic pain syndromes affect approximately 20 percent of people and account for 15 to 20 percent of doctor visits?
- ... that the first art exhibition in the Trade Fair Palace after it was rebuilt from a fire was named Like a Phoenix?
- ... that Arekia Bennett was inspired to organize a voter registration drive in 2017 by the 1964 Freedom Summer drive?
- ... that the Counterintelligence Group was disbanded because the unit was deemed successful in the "neutralization and prosecution of scalawags" in the Armed Forces of the Philippines?
- ... that the character Psycho Mantis in the video game Metal Gear Solid breaks the fourth wall by identifying the player's other games?
In the news
- The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang.
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is divided, with half awarded to Demis Hassabis (pictured) and John M. Jumper for their work on protein structure prediction and the other half to David Baker for his work on computational protein design.
- Hurricane Milton makes landfall in the U.S. state of Florida.
- John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research in machine learning with artificial neural networks.
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