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Ultraviolet Spectrograph Delivered to JPL

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Published: March 3, 2022

Europa Clipper's ultraviolet spectrograph (called Europa-UVS), developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), is delivered to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

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