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View a 3D model of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft and learn how it will conduct a detailed survey of Jupiter's moon Europa. The Europa Clipper spacecraft will determine whether there are places below Europa's surface that could support life.

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The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view.

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Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes – NASA's Europa Clipper
- Robert Pappalardo, Europa Clipper Project Scientist

But numbers alone couldn’t paint the whole picture. Jia layered the magnetometry and plasma wave signatures into new 3D modeling developed by his team at the University of Michigan, which simulated the interactions of plasma with solar system bodies. The final ingredient was the data from Hubble that suggested dimensions of potential plumes.
The result that emerged, with a simulated plume, was a match to the magnetic field and plasma signatures the team pulled from the Galileo data.
“There now seem to be too many lines of evidence to dismiss plumes at Europa," said Robert Pappalardo, Europa Clipper project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “This result makes the plumes seem to be much more real and, for me, is a tipping point. These are no longer uncertain blips on a faraway image."
The findings are good news for the Europa Clipper mission, which may launch as early as June 2022. From its orbit of Jupiter, Europa Clipper will sail close by the moon in rapid, low-altitude flybys. If plumes are indeed spewing vapor from Europa’s ocean or subsurface lakes, Europa Clipper could sample the frozen liquid and dust particles. The mission team is gearing up now to look at potential orbital paths, and the new research will play into those discussions.
“If plumes exist, and we can directly sample what’s coming from the interior of Europa, then we can more easily get at whether Europa has the ingredients for life,” Pappalardo said. “That’s what the mission is after. That’s the big picture.”
JPL manages the Europa Clipper mission for the agency's Science Mission Directorate.

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NASA's Europa Probe Gets a Hotline to Earth – NASA's Europa Clipper
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When it launches in October, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a richly layered dispatch that includes more than 2.6 million names submitted by the public.

NASA Unveils Design for Message Heading to Jupiter's Moon Europa

The Europa Clipper magnetometer has completed its rigorous testing and calibration at JPL and is ready for integration onto the Europa Clipper spacecraft.

Europa Clipper's Magnetometer Testing is Complete, Ready for Integration

The short videos take audiences behind the scenes to learn more about how space missions come together.

New Video Series Captures Team Working on NASA's Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper’s mass spectrometer was delivered to JPL in December 2022. 

Europa Clipper's Mass Spectrometer Delivered to JPL

The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented.

NASA's Europa Clipper Gets Its Wheels for Traveling in Deep Space

Europa Clipper’s surface dust analyzer instrument was delivered to JPL in September 2022. 

Europa Clipper's Surface Dust Analyzer Instrument Delivered to JPL 

The approximately 10-foot-diameter (3-meter-diameter) HGA will beam back information from Europa Clipper’s nine instruments, which will gather data on Europa’s atmosphere, surface, and interior.

Europa Clipper's High-Gain Antenna Undergoes Precision Testing at NASA Langley

The spacecraft will occupy the main production facility of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as it prepares for its 2024 launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

NASA's Europa Clipper Spacecraft Kicks Assembly Into High Gear

Carlisa Drew went from being a commercial electrician to wiring the electrical system for NASA’s Europa Clipper propulsion module. 

Mission Dispatch: Wiring Europa Clipper's Propulsion Module
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Staff Engineer Yvette Tyler performs integration and testing on the electronics box for Europa Clipper’s mass spectrometer. 

9. A mass spectrometer will collect and reveal the molecular identities of gases in Europa’s faint atmosphere and from possible plumes. 
In addition, the mission’s mass spectrometer will identify and analyze gases in Europa’s faint atmosphere and from possible plumes. The mass spectrometer will collect gases, convert them into charged particles called ions, and bounce the ions back and forth within the instrument. By timing their transit through the instrument, the mass spectrometer determines the ions' masses, thus revealing their molecular identities. It will study the chemistry of the moon’s suspected subsurface ocean, if and how the ocean and surface exchange material, and how radiation alters compounds on the moon’s surface

An engineer handles Europa Clipper's dust analyzer in the cleanroom at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. 

10. A dust analyzer will scoop up larger particles and identify their chemistry.
Tiny meteorites eject bits of Europa’s surface into space and a subsurface ocean or in-ice water reservoirs might vent material into space as plumes. To study this, Europa Clipper’s dust analyzer will scoop up larger particles from these plumes and identify their chemistry, revealing Europa’s surface composition including potential organic molecules. The dust analyzer can detect salts in the dust and ice grains, providing additional information about a subsurface ocean. If a subsurface ocean or reservoir is venting material into space as plumes, the dust analyzer will help us to determine if Europa’s water is suitable for some form of life.

Explore the Spacecraft

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will conduct a detailed survey of Jupiter's moon Europa to determine whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life. Europa Clipper will carry an advanced suite of science instruments to discover whether Europa hosts environments suitable for life.
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Assembly | Spacecraft – NASA's Europa Clipper
While the second phase of ATLO is focused on integration and testing prior to assembly, this third step is focused on system-level tests of the assembled configuration, including the software systems that will be used to fly the spacecraft.

Step 4: Environmental TestingStep 4: Environmental Testing

To reach Europa, the spacecraft must survive liftoff, the heat of the Sun, the cold of space, micrometeorites, and the radiation environment of Jupiter. Tests are conducted to demonstrate that the spacecraft can survive the environments it will experience in flight. That includes vibration tests—ensuring Europa Clipper and its components can withstand the stress and shaking during launch—and placing the spacecraft in a vacuum chamber as well as a space-Sun simulator. Many of these tests will take place in special buildings designed for environmental testing at JPL.

Step 5: Final Checkouts and Shipment to Launch SiteStep 5: Final Checkouts and Shipment to Launch Site

After environmental tests, Europa Clipper will be brought back to its assembly facilities for a thorough checkout, to make sure everything is still working correctly. All the instruments must be properly aligned and the spacecraft must be prepared for shipment to the launch site. This phase includes some disassembly—for example, the high-gain antenna and solar arrays are removed and crated separately. Support equipment for launch also must be shipped. Some will be transported by truck, while other components will be flown to the launch site.

Step 6: LaunchStep 6: Launch

Europa Clipper will launch from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida in October 2024. The arrival of the spacecraft and associated equipment at KSC marks the start of the final phase of ATLO. The support equipment is unpacked, and the spacecraft is reassembled. Cables are laid out, and more baseline tests are conducted to ensure none of the systems were disturbed during shipment. Final checkouts are performed, the spacecraft is fueled, and then it goes to spacecraft integration with the launch vehicle. The rocket, joined with its payload, is rolled out to the launchpad. The countdown and ensuing launch mark the final steps of ATLO.

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We're thrilled to announce that NASA's 'Message in a Bottle' campaign has been nominated for a #Webby Award! We need your help to win! Cast your vote for our nomination.

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NASA's Europa Probe Gets a Hotline to Earth

The Europa Clipper magnetometer has completed its rigorous testing and calibration at JPL and is ready for integration onto the Europa Clipper spacecraft.

Europa Clipper's Magnetometer Testing is Complete, Ready for Integration

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La poetisa laureada estadounidense Ada Limón, conocida por su trabajo que explora la conexión humana con el mundo natural, está escribiendo un nuevo poema dedicado a la misión Europa Clipper de la NASA.

Una voz entre las estrellas: Poema de la poetisa laureada estadounidense Ada Limón viajará a Europa en una nave espacial de la NASA

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, who is known for work that explores the human connection to the natural world, is crafting a new poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission.

A Voice Among the Stars: Poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Will Ride to Europa on NASA Spacecraft

The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented.

NASA's Europa Clipper Gets Its Wheels for Traveling in Deep Space
Europa's Ocean Ascending – NASA's Europa Clipper
The Europa Clipper project team continues to grow as we move into more detailed design of the equipment, and it is gratifying to see such a geographically distributed team work well together. 

The Sextant: Europa Clipper Newsletter

This color-enhanced image of Jupiter and two of its largest moons – Io and Europa – was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it performed its eighth flyby of the gas giant planet.

Juno Observes Jupiter, Io and Europa

NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.

NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'

A mission to examine the habitability of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa is taking one step closer to the launchpad, with the recent completion of a major NASA review.

NASA's Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. 

NASA's Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa

A new NASA study modeling conditions in the ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa suggests that the necessary balance of chemical energy for life could exist there, even if the moon lacks volcanic hydrothermal activity.

Europa's Ocean May Have An Earthlike Chemical Balance

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All Systems Go for NASA's Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa

Two powerful science investigations will help unravel the mystery of whether Jupiter's icy moon Europa might have the right conditions for life, when a new NASA mission heads there sometime in the 2020s.

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La poetisa laureada estadounidense Ada Limón, conocida por su trabajo que explora la conexión humana con el mundo natural, está escribiendo un nuevo poema dedicado a la misión Europa Clipper de la NASA.

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A Voice Among the Stars: Poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Will Ride to Europa on NASA Spacecraft

Carlisa Drew went from being a commercial electrician to wiring the electrical system for NASA’s Europa Clipper propulsion module. 

Mission Dispatch: Wiring Europa Clipper's Propulsion Module

How will Europa Clipper see through Europa's thick ice shell to study the moon's ocean?

Mission Dispatch: Using Radar to Study Earth and Europa

Parallel ice ridges, a common feature on Jupiter’s moon Europa, are also found on Greenland’s ice sheet.

Greenland Ice, Jupiter Moon Share Similar Feature

Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close.

Are Water Plumes Spraying From Europa? NASA's Europa Clipper Is on the Case

Take a closer look at the complex choreography involved in building NASA’s Europa Clipper as the mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa approaches its 2024 launch date.

A Few Steps Closer to Europa: Spacecraft Hardware Makes Headway

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter's moon Europa.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Europa Clipper Mission

Jupiter’s moon Europa and its global ocean may currently have conditions suitable for life. Scientists are studying processes on the icy surface as they prepare to explore.

Surface of Jupiter's Moon Europa Churned by Small Impacts
Gravity/Radio Science | Instruments – NASA's Europa Clipper
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, who is known for work that explores the human connection to the natural world, is crafting a new poem dedicated to NASA’s Europa Clipper mission.

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The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented.

NASA's Europa Clipper Gets Its Wheels for Traveling in Deep Space

The spacecraft will occupy the main production facility of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as it prepares for its 2024 launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

NASA's Europa Clipper Spacecraft Kicks Assembly Into High Gear

Carlisa Drew went from being a commercial electrician to wiring the electrical system for NASA’s Europa Clipper propulsion module. 

Mission Dispatch: Wiring Europa Clipper's Propulsion Module

The agency’s mission to explore Jupiter’s icy moon takes a big step forward as engineers deliver a major component of the spacecraft.

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission Completes Main Body of the Spacecraft

The instrument to measure the surface temperature of Jupiter’s moon Europa has arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

Europa Clipper's Thermal Imager Delivered to JPL

The MISE team recently achieved a milestone for any telescope: first light.

Mission Dispatch: Imaging Spectrometer's First Light

Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission’s final phase before a launch to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in 2024.

NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft

Here are ten things to know about how Europa Clipper’s instruments will achieve the mission’s science objectives. 

10 Things to Know About Europa Clipper's Science Instruments

Europa Clipper will need to know its orientation while traveling from Earth to Jupiter and in orbit around Jupiter. To accomplish this, it will use the stars. 

Mission Dispatch: Tracking the Stars

The most complex and demanding segment of Europa Clipper's trajectory is the three years when it performs repeated flybys of Jupiter's moon Europa. 

Mission Dispatch: Tweaking the Trajectory
Overview | The Team – NASA's Europa Clipper
Deputy Flight System Manager: Tom Jedrey, JPL
Project Flight System Engineer: Carolina Barltrop, JPL 
Deputy Flight System Engineer: Alek Kerzhner, JPL
Deputy Flight System Engineer: Kari Lewis, JPL
Deputy Flight System Engineer: Sofia Stachel, APL
Science Team
Project Staff Scientist: Kate Craft, APL
Project Staff Scientist: Rachel Klima, APL
Project Staff Scientist: Cynthia Phillips, JPL
Project Staff Scientist: Ingrid Daubar, JPL/Brown University
Project Staff Scientist: Sam Howell, JPL
Project Staff Scientist: Erin Leonard, JPL
Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE)
Principal Investigator: Diana Blaney, JPL
Deputy Principal Investigator: Karl Hibbitts, APL
Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON)
Principal Investigator: Donald Blankenship, University of Texas Austin
Deputy Principal Investigator: Alina Moussessian, JPL
Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS)
Principal Investigator: Phil Christensen, Arizona State University
Deputy Principal Investigator: John Spencer, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA)
Principal Investigator: Sascha Kempf, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Europa Clipper Magnetometer (ECM)
Team Leader: Margaret Kivelson, University of Michigan
Deputy Team Leader: Xianzhe Jia, University of Michigan
Europa Clipper’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph (Europa-UVS)
Principal Investigator: Kurt Retherford, SwRI
Deputy Principal Investigator: Randy Gladstone, SwRI
Europa Imaging System (EIS)
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Turtle, APL
Deputy Principal Investigator: Alfred McEwen, University of Arizona
Deputy Principal Investigator: Wes Patterson, APL
MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX)
Principal Investigator: Jim Burch, SwRI
Deputy Principal Investigator: Tim Brockwell, SwRI
Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS)
Principal Investigator: Adrienn Luspay-Kuti, APL