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A toy bricks model of the Europa Clipper spacecraft

The Europa Clipper mission has collaborated with the award-winning Mountaineer Area RoboticS (MARS) team to design and build a 1/48th scale model of the Europa Clipper spacecraft with toy bricks. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Technicians prepare to install the high-gain antenna on NASA’s Europa Clipper at Kennedy Space Center on June 17, 2024.
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Workers in blue overalls and white head covers guide Europa Clipper's high gain antenna as it's installed on the spacecraft.
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Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center guide Europa Clipper as a crane hoists the spacecraft on May 28, 2024.
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Workers in blue overalls and white head covers help guide Europa Clipper as a crane hoists it as part of prelaunch processing.
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Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to rotate Europa Clipper to a vertical position on May 28, 2024, as part of prelaunch processing. 
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Workers in blue overalls and white head covers watch as equipment is used to rotate Europa Clipper.
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How was NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft packed and shipped from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to Kennedy Space Center in Florida?
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Europa Clipper rolls into the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on May 23, 2024.
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Europa Clipper is rolled into the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility while workers stand nearby.
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A U.S. Air Force transport plane carrying Europa Clipper arrives Kennedy Space Center on May 23, 2024.
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A green transport airplane carrying Europa Clipper sits on the runway in Florida.
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Technicians offload NASA's Europa Clipper from a U.S. Air Force transport aircraft at Kennedy Space Center on May 23, 2024.
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The back of a green transport aircraft is open like a giant duck's bill, and the shipping container hold Europa Clipper can be seen sitting inside. A ramp extends from the back of the plane. Workers are giving hand signals as they guide the shipping container off the plane.
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The Europa Clipper spacecraft is about 16 feet (5 meters) in height, and will be the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission.
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An illustration shows the scale of the Europa Clipper spacecraft by showing it next to the silhouettes of two people. The two human figures stand to the left of the spacecraft. The spacecraft, with its metallic main body at the center and its two solar array wings stretched out on either side, is about three times as tall as the human figures.
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With its solar arrays deployed, Europa Clipper spans more than 100 feet (about 30.5 meters) – about the length of a basketball court. 
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An illustration shows the scale of the Europa Clipper spacecraft by superimposing it on a standard basketball court. The spacecraft appears to hover over the surface of the court while spectators look on. The spacecraft, with its metallic main body at the center and its two solar array wings stretched out on either side, is about the same length as the court.
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The vault plate just before being installed on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
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The triangular-shaped silver-colored Europa Clipper Europa Clipper vault plate is covered in a protective plastic bag with a clear front and silver back. There is a bit of gold tape in the upper left corner, and a white label on the bag.
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The vault plate is installed on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
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The triangular-shaped, silver-colored vault plate can be seen attached to the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Two metal bars cross in front of the plate. Several screws can be seen holding the plate to the spacecraft. Orange colored wires run alongside the other equipment on the spacecraft.
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Engineers and technicians attach the vault plate to NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
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A worker dressed in white protective clothing uses an orange-handled screwdriver to turn a screw attaching the triangular-shaped silver-colored vault plate to Europa Clipper. Wires and other parts of the spacecraft are visible. Another worker dressed in white and blue head cover looks on.
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Engineers and technicians move the vault plate into position for installation on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024.
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Two technicians in white protective clothing hold the Europa Clipper Vault Plate as they position it for installation on the spacecraft.
Placing the Europa Clipper Vault Plate
Engineers and technicians move the vault plate into position for installation on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024. 
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Two workers in white protective clothing hold the triangular-shaped silver-colored vault plate near the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
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A technician prepares to attach the vault plate to NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on May 3, 2024. 
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A technician in white protective clothing holds the triangular-shaped, silver-colored vault plate over a black box sitting on a work table with lots of tools around it. Another worker in protective clothing holds a video camera to record the moment.
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A close-up view of the poem on the Europa Clipper vault plate’s inward-facing side.
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This is a close-up view of the poem on the Europa Clipper vault plate’s inward-facing side. It shows a handwritten poem in elegant script, and an engraved portrait of man to the left of the poem.
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A close-up view of the top of the inward-facing side of the Europa Clipper vault plate. It's engraved with the Drake Equation, and the Jovian system with a bottle replacing Jupiter. 
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This is a close-up view of the top of the Europa Clipper's triangular-shaped silver vault plate. It has a rounded top and a flat bottom. This view shows the Drake Equation, and a drawing of the Jovian system with Jupiter replaced with a bottle.
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The outward-facing side of Europa Clipper's vault plate shows waveforms symbolizing the word 'water' in multiple languages.
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An image of the Europa Clipper vault plate, highlighted from the upper left corner casting shadows that emphasize engraved waveforms emanating from a central point symbolizing the word 'water' in multiple languages. The waveforms present as audio frequency waves. The vault plate is metal silver and the engravings are black, set against a black background.
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The inward-facing side of the Europa Clipper vault plate has drawings, and a microchip engraved with more than 2.6 million names.
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A full view of the Europa Clipper vault plate’s inward-facing side. The upper portion features the Jovian system with a bottle replacing Jupiter, and the lower portion is dominated by a handwritten poem in elegant script. A lifelike engraved portrait sits to the left of the poem. The plate has a symmetrical arrangement of holes along its perimeter for mounting. The background is black, highlighting the metallic sheen of the plate and the details of the engravings.
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When it launches in October, NASA's Europa Clipper will carry a richly layered dispatch that includes more than 2.6 million names submitted by the public.
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Explore the intricate design of NASA's Europa Clipper vault plate in 3D: Spin the digital model to discover the languages of Earth, celestial equations, and a poem for Europa, all uniting art, scie...
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A 3D model of the Vault Plate.
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Explore Europa and the Europa Clipper spacecraft with an immersive AR experience.
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The Europa Clipper augmented reality experience layers Jupiter's moon Europa over any surface or background. The moon has options for the user to click on specific items to learn more information, such as the ingredients for life: water, energy, and chemistry. Following that, users an view a 3D model of the spacecraft and select individual instruments. Each section is narrated with audio.
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