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This animation shows NASA’s Europa Clipper during a flyby of Europa. 
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This animation shows NASA’s Europa Clipper during a flyby of Europa.
Mission Animation: Europa Flyby
A plasma instrument sensor assembly is subjected to a simulated electromagnetic interference environment.
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A plasma instrument sensor assembly is subjected to a simulated electromagnetic interference environment.
Plasma Instrument Electromagnetic Interference Testing
False color has been used here to enhance the visibility of certain features in this composite of three images of the Minos Linea region on Jupiter's moon Europa taken on June 28, 1996 Universal Ti...
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cracked ice in bright color
Europa In Color
This mosaic of the south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa shows the northern 180 miles (290 kilometers) of a strike-slip fault named Astypalaea Linea.
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linear terrain features on an icy surface
San Andreas-sized Strike-slip Fault on Europa
The ultraviolet spectrograph will collect ultraviolet light and create images to help determine the composition of Europa’s atmospheric gases and surface materials
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The ultraviolet spectrograph will collect ultraviolet light and create images to help determine the composition of Europa’s atmospheric gases and surface materials
Europa Clipper's Ultraviolet Spectrograph
Radiation from Jupiter can destroy molecules on Europa's surface. 
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Graphic showing radiation effects on Europa's icy surface.
Radiation on Europa (Artist's Rendering)
Europa Clipper’s surface dust analyzer instrument is unboxed following delivery to JPL in September 2022. 
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Two engineers in full white body coveralls and masks are shown in the center of the image lifting a silver box up from a cart, revealing Europa Clipper’s surface dust analyzer instrument underneath. The engineers and the instrument are seen in a cleanroom. The instrument is surrounded by a semi-transparent protective plastic that is in the shape of the box that was covering it. The gold colored instrument is about the size of a drum.
Europa Clipper's Dust Analyzer Delivered to JPL
New research suggests Europa may have had (and perhaps still has) seafloor volcanoes.
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New research suggests Europa may have had (and perhaps still has) seafloor volcanoes.
Europa: Potential Volcanoes on the Seafloor
Frozen sulfuric acid on Jupiter's moon Europa is depicted in this image produced from data gathered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
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hemispheric view of moon where shades of color indicate concentrations of chemicals
Sulfuric Acid on Europa
This montage shows the best views of Jupiter's four large and diverse "Galilean" satellites as seen by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby o...
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four black and white views of moons in gibbous phase
Jupiter's Moons: Family Portrait
Europa Clipper science team members at the eleventh science team meeting. 
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A large group of Europa Clipper science team members seated and standing on the steps of the entrance of a building at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s South Campus.
Europa Clipper Science Team
This mosaic shows the Tyre multi-ring structure, which is thought to have been formed by a large impact onto Jupiter's moon Europa. 
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black and white view of circular ridges on an icy surface
The Tyre Multi-ring Structure on Europa
Engineers inspect Europa Clipper's ultraviolet spectrograph in a cleanroom at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
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Engineers inspect Europa Clipper's ultraviolet spectrograph in a cleanroom at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Engineers Inspect Ultraviolet Spectrograph
This view of Jupiter's moon Europa features several regional-resolution mosaics overlaid on a lower resolution global view for context.
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high-resolution color images of terrain superimposed over a lower-resolution view of about half of Europa's surface
Repeated Flybys Yield a Pole-to-Pole View of Europa
Reanalysis of old data data suggests that the Galileo spacecraft, on its closest flyby of Europa, flew through a plume.
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Video describing new discoveries at Europa using old data.
Re-analyzing Old Data Reveals New Evidence at Europa
A 3D model of the MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration/Europa (MASPEX), a chemical analysis instrument on Europa Clipper.
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3d model of maspex instrument
MASPEX
The Europa Imaging System (EIS) wide-angle-camera team took its “first light” image with the telescope and detector in December 2021.
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The wide-angle camera team is captured in the instrument's first light test at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Wide Angle Camera First Light
The top image is a very high resolution view of the Conamara Chaos region on Jupiter's moon Europa, showing an area where icy plates have been broken apart and moved around laterally. The bottom im...
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two black an white images, on showing icy terrain and another showing a city
Very High Resolution Image of Icy Cliffs on Europa and Similar Scales on Earth (Providence, RI)
Join team members from NASA’s Europa Clipper mission behind the scenes in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn about the design of this spacecraft that will visit Europa, an ic...
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Join team members from NASA’s Europa Clipper mission behind the scenes in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn about the design of this spacecraft that will visit Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.
Spacecraft Makers: Introducing Europa Clipper
The imaging spectrometer's scanning mirror and data procesing unit are loaded onto a shipping truck. 
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Members of Europa Clipper’s imaging spectrometer instrument, called MISE, team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory place a container loading the instrument’s scanning mirror and data processing unit on a shipping truck. The truck transported the instrument parts to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in November 2021.
Imaging Spectrometer Component Shipping
The prominent "X" near the center of the mosaic is the junction of two "triplebands," parallel sets of ridges.
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Ridges form X on surface of Europa
Prominent "X" on Europa
This image is a very high resolution view of the Conamara Chaos region on Europa.
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Close-up image in black and white.
Icy Cliffs at High Resolution
A 3D model of the Europa Imaging System (EIS), an imager on Europa Clipper.
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3D model of the EIS instrument
EIS
This image of the Jovian moon Europa was taken by Voyager 2 the spacecraft passed within 139,800 miles (225,000 kilometers) on July 9, 1979.
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cracked, icy surface
Europa's Evening Terminator
This color image of the Jovian moon Europa was acquired by Voyager 2 during its close encounter on Monday morning, July 9, 1979. 
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color view of cracked, icy surface
Europa During Voyager 2 Closest Approach