


Most recently, the plasma-detection instrument, called the Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding, and the Europa Imaging System wide-angle camera arrived from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland. Several of Europa Clipper’s science instruments already have been completed and will be installed on the spacecraft at JPL. During nearly 50 flybys of Europa, the spacecraft’s suite of science instruments will gather data on the moon’s atmosphere, surface, and interior – information that scientists will use to gauge the depth and salinity of the ocean, the thickness of the ice crust, and potential plumes that may be venting subsurface water into space.

Scientists believe the ice-enveloped moon harbors a vast internal ocean that may have conditions suitable for supporting life. Standing 10 feet (3 meters) high and 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide, the craft’s main body will for the next two years be the focus of attention in the facility’s ultra-hygienic High Bay 1 as engineers and technicians assemble the spacecraft for its launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa in October 2024. The core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has taken center stage in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Kicks Assembly Into High Gear The spacecraft will occupy the main production facility of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as it prepares for its 2024 launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa. It reminded me that although it may seem that way for now, I'm not alone and will eventually find more people like me. All of it has been portrayed awesomely by this show. None of it comes from trauma, but without me knowing, at some point, being this way became my trauma. The sheer horror and befuddlement that crept up to me while watching the news, finding out about the monstrosities that happened to young girls, children and women. For every single time I felt compelled to justify my experiences and orientations, my right to know myself, when my touch-aversion and lovelessness felt like a disability. Dealing with the incessant triggers strewn around carelessly. All the instances I thought of coming out to my brother and parents, except dint because I was waiting to reach an age at which my words would hold more credibility. For all the times I felt hopeless, every night I spend scrolling through tumblr and aven forums unable to fall asleep. Only to get heart broken by my parents who may never truly understand me. Realizing that apart from my family and a few friends no one might ever get to see certain sides of me. Figuring out that you greatly differ from the majority at a young age and battling the perpetual estrangement that follows.

Personally, as someone with zero allies in real life, I've depended solely on myself for reassurance.
