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Engineers Inspect Ultraviolet Spectrograph

Engineers inspect Europa Clipper's ultraviolet spectrograph in a cleanroom at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Published: March 3, 2022

Engineers inspect Europa Clipper's ultraviolet spectrograph (called Europa-UVS) in a cleanroom at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, following the delivery of the instrument from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).

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