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A 3D model of the Vault Plate.
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A map centered at the estimated source region for potential plumes from Europa.
Source Region for Possible Europa Plumes
Reddish spots and shallow pits pepper the enigmatic ridged surface of Europa.
Ruddy "Freckles" on Europa
This image is a very high resolution view of the Conamara Chaos region on Europa.
Icy Cliffs at High Resolution
This animation segment shows NASA’s Europa Clipper flying by Mars during its Mars gravity assist.
Mission Animation: Mars Gravity Assist
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
A JPL engineer holds one of four VHF radar antennas for Europa Clipper’s REASON instrument in its deployed configuration.
REASON VHF Radar Antenna
A 3D model of the MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration/Europa (MASPEX), a chemical analysis instrument on Europa Clipper.
MASPEX
Europa Clipper's propulsion module rotates on a stand in the cleanroom at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Europa Clipper Propulsion Module
The Europa Clipper Solar Array Mechanical Simulator is shown installed on the spacecraft’s propulsion module.
Solar Array Mechanical Simulator
The imaging spectrometer's scanning mirror and data processing unit are carefully packaged into a specialized shipping container.
Imaging Spectrometer's Scanning Mirror and Data Processing Unit Packaging
An identical copy of Europa Clipper's propulsion module and electronics vault is lowered by crane in a static test tower.
Europa Clipper's Developmental Test Model
Europa Clipper engineers use mixed reality (also known as augmented reality, or AR) headsets to examine Europa Clipper’s avionics module assembly in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Augmented Reality Avionics in the Clean Room
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
Europa Clipper’s SUDA instrument is moved onto a magnetics test bench after a magnetic field background measurement.
SUDA Magnetics Test Time Lapse
New animation shows how “bands” and “grooves” in the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa could transport subsurface water to the moon’s surface.
Europa's Ocean Ascending
Frozen sulfuric acid on Jupiter's moon Europa is depicted in this image produced from data gathered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Sulfuric Acid on Europa
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
This animation showing a flyover of southern part of Thrace Macula on Europa was created using stereo imaging data obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Thrace Macula Flyover
This mosaic of the Conamara Chaos region on Jupiter's moon, Europa, clearly indicates relatively recent resurfacing of Europa's surface.
A Closer Look at Chaos on Europa
This computer-generated perspective view of the Pwyll impact crater on Jupiter's moon Europa was created using images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Pwyll Impact Crater: Perspective View of Topographic Model
This high resolution image shows the ice-rich crust of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.
Europa Ice Rafts
This image of Jupiter's icy satellite Europa shows surface features such as domes and ridges, as well as a region of disrupted terrain including crustal plates which are thought to have broken apar...
Europa "Ice Rafts" in Local and Color Context
Radiation from Jupiter can destroy molecules on Europa's surface.
Radiation on Europa (Artist's Rendering)
The imaging spectrometer's scanning mirror and data procesing unit are loaded onto a shipping truck.
Imaging Spectrometer Component Shipping
This animation segment shows the deployment of NASA’s Europa Clipper ECM boom after launch.
Mission Animation: ECM Boom Deployment (Close)