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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.
Europa's Jupiter-Facing Hemisphere
Europa Clipper's ultraviolet spectrograph in a cleanroom at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Ultraviolet Spectrograph Delivered to JPL
The towering core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is shown in the storied Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
NASA's Europa Clipper Takes Center Stage
Reddish spots and shallow pits pepper the enigmatic ridged surface of Europa.
Ruddy "Freckles" on Europa
Jupiter's moon Europa, as seen in this image taken June 27, 1996 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, displays features in some areas resembling ice floes seen in Earth's polar seas.
Europa Ice Floes
Recently assembled Faraday cup sensors and instrument housings in two configurations.
PIMS Faraday Cup Sensors
Engineers prepare Europa Clipper's thermal imager for a series of tests in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory following the instrument's delivery.
Thermal Imager Delivered to JPL
A plasma instrument sensor assembly is subjected to a simulated electromagnetic interference environment.
Plasma Instrument Electromagnetic Interference Testing
Students use the fundamentals of density to propose a model for the interior structure of Europa.
Discovering Alien Oceans: Density
Nitrogen gas is shown being pumped into the sensor head for Europa Clipper’s dust analyzer.
Dry Nitrogen Gas Pumped Through Europa Clipper's Dust Analyzer
This color composite view combines violet, green, and infrared images of Jupiter's intriguing moon, Europa, for a view of the moon in natural color (left) and in enhanced color designed to bring ou...
Europa Global Views in Natural and Enhanced Colors
All four of the reaction wheels installed onto NASA’s Europa Clipper are visible in this photo, which was shot from underneath the main body of the spacecraft while it was being assembled at the ag...
NASA's Europa Clipper Reaction Wheels Installed
In a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers discuss testing for Europa Clipper’s star tracker.
Star Tracker Testing
Engineers and technicians carefully lower the tall core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft during a maneuver to position it in the High Bay 1 clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the ...
Easy Does It: NASA's Europa Clipper is Lowered into Place
This artist's rendering shows NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is aiming for launch readiness by 2024.
2021 Europa Clipper Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
This is an engineering model of Europa Clipper’s wide-angle camera, shown at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Europa Clipper's Europa Imaging System in the Works
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Staff Engineer Yvette Tyler performs integration and testing on the electronics box for Europa Clipper’s mass spectrometer.
Mass Spectrometer Electronics Box
Scientists put Europa Clipper’s ultraviolet spectrograph through its final calibrations prior to shipment to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Ultraviolet Spectrograph Shipment Preparations
Adjusting laboratory equipment used to calibrate Europa Clipper’s ultraviolet spectrograph.
Ultraviolet Spectrograph Shipment Preparations
This impact scar on Europa is about the size of the island of Hawaii.
Ancient Impact Basin on Europa
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center guide Europa Clipper as a crane hoists the spacecraft on May 28, 2024.
Europa Clipper Rotated at KSC
This animation segment shows the deployment of NASA’s Europa Clipper solar arrays after launch.
Mission Animation: Solar Arrays Deployment
This animation showing a flyover of Europa was created using stereo imaging data obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Ridged Plains Flyover
These cracks and ridges in the south polar region of Jupiter's moon Europa have been rotated into sigmoidal or "S" shapes by the motion of Astypalaea Linea, a strike-slip fault in the moon's icy su...
Cracks and Ridges Distorted by Europan Fault Motion
New Horizons took this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter's cloud tops.
Europa Rising