Mars says hello as NASA's Europa Clipper warms up radar
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its radar instrument during a March flyby of Mars, collecting 60 gigabytes of data by bouncing radio waves off the planet. This crucial test, which couldn't be performed on Earth due to clean room limitations, prepares the probe for its 2030 arrival at Jupiter's moon Europa, where it will investigate the moon's icy shell at distances as close as 16 miles from the surface.
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