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Radiation from Jupiter can destroy molecules on Europa's surface. 

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.

These images show a comparison of the surfaces of the three icy Galilean satellites, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

The massive high-gain antenna for NASA's Europa Clipper mission is complete.

A view of the outward-facing side of the Europa Clipper vault plate.

An engineering model of the focal plane module for Europa Clipper’s E-THEMIS instrument. 

This image is a very high resolution view of the Conamara Chaos region on Europa.

This mosaic shows the Tyre multi-ring structure, which is thought to have been formed by a large impact onto Jupiter's moon Europa. 

This view of the icy surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa, is a mosaic of two pictures taken by the Solid State Imaging system on board the Galileo spacecraft during a close flyby of Europa on Feb. 20...

Frozen sulfuric acid on Jupiter's moon Europa is depicted in this image produced from data gathered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.

Europa Clipper’s 28-foot (8.5-meter) magnetometer boom is deployed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This high resolution image shows the ice-rich crust of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.

This color image of the Jovian moon Europa was acquired by Voyager 2 during its close encounter on Monday morning, July 9, 1979. 

Students analyze simulated radar data to map surface elevations on a grid.

Workers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch as the Europa Clipper’s magnetometer boom is tested.

A plasma instrument sensor assembly is loaded into a thermal vacuum chamber.

This image of Jupiter's satellite Europa was obtained from a range of 7,364 miles (11,851 kilometers) by the Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Eu...

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center guide Europa Clipper as a crane hoists the spacecraft on May 28, 2024.

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.

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...

Print your own 3D scale model of Europa Clipper!

Researchers at Langley prepare to move the high gain antenna for  into the Experimental Test Range at the NASA Langley Research Center. 

Mihaela Ballarotto samples Europa Clipper's propulsion module for planetary protection cleanliness prior to harness installation. 

Technicians offload NASA's Europa Clipper from a U.S. Air Force transport aircraft at Kennedy Space Center on May 23, 2024.

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.