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This 12-frame mosaic provides the highest resolution view ever obtained of the side of Jupiter's moon Europa that faces the giant planet.
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Europa's Jupiter-Facing Hemisphere
This view of Jupiter's moon Europa features several regional views obtained during different flybys of the moon by NASA's Galileo mission.
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Image of Europa from pole-to-pole.
Pole-to-Pole View of Europa
These images of the surface of the Jovian moon Europa, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, focus on a "region of interest" on the icy moon.
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Location of the erupting plumes, observed by NASA's Hubble Telescope
Europa's Plumes Located near 'Warm Spot' on Europa
This high resolution mosaic shows ridges, plains and mountains on Europa.
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A high resolution mosaic in black and white.
Ridges, Plains and Mountains
An engineering model of Europa Clipper’s narrow-angle camera, shown at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
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An engineering model of Europa Clipper’s narrow-angle camera, shown at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Europa Imaging System Narrow Angle Camera
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Staff Engineer Yvette Tyler performs integration and testing on the electronics box for Europa Clipper’s mass spectrometer. 
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Image showing Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Staff Engineer Yvette Tyler performs integration and testing on the electronics box for Europa Clipper’s mass spectrometer. The mass spectrometer will analyze gases in Europa’s faint atmosphere and possible plumes. It will study the chemistry of the moon’s suspected subsurface ocean, how ocean and surface exchange material, and how radiation alters compounds on the moon’s surface. Credit: NASA/SwRI
Mass Spectrometer Electronics Box
The icy surface of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, was photographed by the Galileo spacecraft on its fourth orbit around Jupiter. 
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landforms on an icy surface
Flows on Europa
Dark crisscrossing bands on Jupiter's moon Europa represent widespread disruption from fracturing and the possible eruption of gases and rocky material from the moon's interior in this four-frame m...
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black and white view of cracked icy surface
Dark Bands on Europa
Could a liquid water ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa have the ingredients to support life? Here's how NASA's mission to Europa would find out.
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A video using interviews and illustrations, with audio commentary.
Alien Ocean: NASA's Mission to Europa
Engineers set up the Europa Imaging System (EIS) wide-angle camera for vibration testing. 
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Two engineers in a cleanroom at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory assemble sensors for Europa Clipper's image system's wide angle camera for vibration testing.
Preparing for Wide Angle Camera Vibration Testing
These images reveal the dramatic topography of Europa's icy crust.
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A black and white and 3D image on ridges on Europa.
3D View of Double Ridges on Europa
Students explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity.
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A person is seen holding two wires, one in each hand, and they are putting the wires into a clear plastic cup filled with water.
Discovering Alien Oceans: Magnetism
Galileo orbiter near-infrared observations of Europa overlayed on a Voyager map.
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Small color-enhanced areas on a large black and white map.
Near-Infrared Mapping Coverage of Europa
Ridges disrupted by the localized formation of domes may be indicative of thermal upwelling of water from beneath Europa's crust.
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Rugged terrain on Europa.
Dome-Shaped Features on Europa
This artist's rendering shows NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is being developed for a launch sometime in the 2020s. 
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spacecraft over surface of Europa with Jupiter in background
2019 Europa Clipper Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
This mosaic of an area just southeast of the multi-ring impact structure called Tyre combines two sets of images.
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Black and white image of terrain.
Rugged Terrain
This image of Europa, an icy satellite of Jupiter about the size of the Earth's Moon, was obtained from a range of 7,415 miles (11,933 kilometers) by the Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit ...
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circular pattern on icy surface
Macula on Europa
Mechanical engineers set up Europa Clipper's Wide Angle Camera outside of a thermal-vacuum chamber.
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Mechanical engineers set up Europa Clipper's Wide Angle Camera outside of a thermal-vacuum chamber.
Europa Imaging System Wide Angle Camera
This mosaic of Europa, the smallest Galilean satellite, was taken by Voyager 2. This face of Europa is centered at about the 300 degree meridian. 
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crescent view of Europa in color
Europa Crescent
Dark, irregular features on Jupiter's moon Europa.
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Chaotic, swirling terrain on Europa.
Thera and Thrace Macula on Europa
This infrared image of Europa, showing heat radiation from its surface at a wavelength of 27 microns (millionths of a meter), provides the best view yet of Europa's daytime temperatures. 
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bright colors indicate temperatures on a curved surface
Daytime Temperatures on Europa
The optical head for Europa Clipper’s stellar reference unit, or star tracker, in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
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The optical head for Europa Clipper’s stellar reference unit, or star tracker, in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Star Tracker Optical Head
The instrument sensor head for Europa Clipper’s dust analyzer is seen in a clean room during the installation of multi-layer insulation prior to thermal balancing testing.
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The instrument sensor head is shown in the middle of the image as a large metallic device, gold in color, with wiring attached. The sensor is resting on a table in a cleanroom. There are no people visible in the image. Multi-layer insulation is visible on the top and underneath the instrument. On the side of the instrument is a panel with information etched in, including “SUDA SENSOR HEAD”, “LASP” (which refers to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics), and the mascot symbol for the University of Boulder, which is a buffalo.
Preparing Europa Clipper's Dust Analyzer for Thermal Balance Testing
Thera and Thrace are two dark, reddish regions of enigmatic terrain that disrupt the older icy ridged plains on Jupiter's moon Europa.
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Images of two craters
Thera and Thrace
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