In fact, images of Europa's surface show large chunks of ice that have broken apart and drifted, and a lack of craters indicates that the surface formation is relatively young. Scientists and controllers communicate with the spacecraft using Deep Space Network tracking stations in California, Spain and Australia. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif. designed, manufactured and operates Galileo. The probe was developed by NASA's Ames Research Center, Calif., with Hughes Aircraft Company serving as its prime contractor. The German government supplied the spacecraft's propulsion system and two science experiments.
Additional participation comes from six other nations.
The lava shot over one mile into the air. Its initial temperature was estimated to be way above 1,000 degrees Kelvin. Written by Sarah M. Murphy. Feel free to contact us.