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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-09 Europa Voyager
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This picture of Europa, the smallest Galilean satellite, was taken in the afternoon of March 4, 1979, from a distance of about 2 million kilometers (1.2 million miles) by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA00016:
Europa - Full Disk
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-30 Jupiter Voyager
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Jupiter and its four planet-size moons, called the Galilean satellites, were photographed in early March, 1980, by NASA's Voyager 1 and assembled into this collage. They are not to scale but are in their relative positions
PIA01481:
Jupiter System Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-02-16 Europa Galileo
Voyager
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The images used for the base of this globe were chosen from the best image quality and moderate resolution coverage supplied by NASA's Galileo and Voyager 1 spacecraft of Jupiter's moon, Europa.
PIA03526:
Europa Hemispherical Globes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-13 Europa 6060x3000x3
Scientists are all but certain that Europa has an ocean underneath its icy surface, but they do not know how thick this ice might be. This artist concept illustrates two possible cut-away views through Europa's ice shell.
PIA10131:
Thick or Thin Ice Shell on Europa? (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-13 Europa 637x361x3
In this image, Europa is seen in a cutaway view through two cycles of its 3.5 day orbit about the giant planet Jupiter. Like Earth, Europa is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and a surface ocean of salty water. Animation available at the Photo
PIA10149:
Europa Tide Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-05 Europa 2550x3300x3
Based on new evidence from Jupiter's moon Europa, astronomers hypothesize that chloride salts bubble up from its global liquid ocean and reach the frozen surface where they are bombarded with sulfur from volcanoes on Jupiter's innermost large moon, Io.
PIA16826:
Taste of the Ocean on Europa's Surface (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-07 Europa 4096x2304x3
This artist's concept shows a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Europa's potentially rough, icy surface, tinged with reddish areas that scientists hope to learn more about.
PIA17043:
Simulated View from Europa's Surface (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-11 Europa Galileo
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This artist's concept shows a possible explosion resulting from a high-speed collision between a space rock and Jupiter's moon Europa.
PIA17657:
Hit Hard: Possible Collision at Europa (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-12 Europa Hubble Space Telescope
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This is an artist's concept of a plume of water vapor thought to be ejected off the frigid, icy surface of the Jovian moon Europa, located about 500 million miles (800 million kilometers) from the sun.
PIA17659:
Artist's Concept of Europa Water Vapor Plume
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-12 Europa Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
Voyager
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This graphic shows the location of water vapor detected over Europa's south pole in observations taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in December 2012. This is the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off Europa's surface.
PIA17660:
Water Vapor Over Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-01-08 Europa Galileo
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This view of Cilix impact crater on Europa was created in 2013 using 3-D stereo images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, combined with advanced image processing techniques.
PIA17851:
3-D Cilix Crater on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-26 Europa Galileo
Voyager
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This map composed of images NASA's Galileo and Voyager missions shows the hemisphere of Europa that might be affected by plume deposits. The view is centered at -65 degrees latitude, 183 degrees longitude.
PIA18030:
Source Region for Possible Europa Plumes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-08 Europa Galileo
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Scientists have found evidence of plate tectonics on Jupiter's moon Europa. This conceptual illustration of the subduction process.
PIA18428:
Plate Tectonics on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-11-21 Europa Galileo
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The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view, made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.
PIA19048:
Europa's Stunning Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-20 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's rendering shows NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is being developed for a launch sometime in the 2020s.
PIA20025:
Europa Clipper Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-08 Europa 3900x1784x3
This artist's rendering illustrates a conceptual design for a potential future mission to land a robotic probe on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
PIA21048:
Europa Lander Mission Concept (Artist's Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-04-13 Europa Galileo
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These images of the surface of the Jovian moon Europa, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, focus on a 'region of interest' on the icy moon.
PIA21444:
Europa's Plumes Located near 'Warm Spot' on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-04-13 Europa Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
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These composite images show a suspected plume of material erupting two years apart from the same location on Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
PIA21443:
Hubble Sees Recurring Plume Erupting From Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-05-14 Europa 4488x5960x3
Artist's illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo spacecraft after its pass through a plume erupting from Europa's surface.
PIA21922:
Europa Scene: Plume, Galileo, Magnetic Field (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-07-23 Europa 3026x2049x3
This artist's rendering illustrates that radiation from Jupiter can destroy molecules on Europa's surface. Material from Europa's ocean that ends up on the surface of Europa will be bombarded by radiation.
PIA22479:
Radiation on Europa (Artist's Rendering)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-09 Europa 1600x900x3
This illustration of Jupiter's moon Europa shows how the icy surface may glow on its nightside, the side facing away from the Sun. Variations in the glow and the color of the glow itself could reveal information about the composition of ice on Europa's su
PIA24028:
Night on Europa (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-13 Europa 3840x2160x3
This illustration of Jupiter's icy moon Europa depicts a cryovolcanic eruption in which brine from within the icy shell could blast into space. A new model proposing this process may also shed light on plumes on other icy bodies.
PIA24029:
Briny Plumes on Europa (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-05-25 Europa 700x665x3
This illustration depicts scientists' findings about what the interior of Jupiter's moon Europa may look like.
PIA24477:
Europa: Potential Volcanoes on the Seafloor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-30 Europa Galileo
Voyager
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This triptych image shows views of Jupiter's moon Europa as taken by various NASA spacecraft, including Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and Galileo.
PIA24895:
Three Views of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-07 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is visible in a main clean room at JPL, as engineers and technicians inspect it just after delivery in early June 2022.
PIA25236:
Europa Clipper's Core
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-07 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is being unwrapped in a main clean room at JPL, as engineers and technicians inspect it just after delivery in early June 2022.
PIA25237:
Revealing Europa Clipper's Core
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-07 Europa Europa Clipper
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The main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is seen in its shipping container, just after arriving aboard a C-17 cargo plane at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California.
PIA25238:
NASA's Europa Clipper Arrives in Southern California
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-07 Europa Europa Clipper
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The main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is seen in its shipping container as it rolls into the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25239:
Europa Clipper: Rolling Into NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-24 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians work on the towering main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in the storied Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25240:
NASA's Europa Clipper Takes Center Stage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-24 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians use a crane to lift the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in the High Bay 1 clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25491:
The Lift: NASA's Europa Clipper Moves Into Position
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-24 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians use a crane to lower the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft into position in the High Bay 1 clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25492:
Easy Does It: NASA's Europa Clipper Is Lowered Into Place
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-24 Europa Europa Clipper
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The vault, with nadir deck attached, of NASA's Europa Clipper is prepared to be moved to the High Bay 1 clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25493:
NASA's Europa Clipper: Vault and Nadir Deck on the Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers install 2-foot-wide reaction wheels onto the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. The orbiter is in its assembly, test, and launch operations phase in preparation for a 2024 launch.
PIA25494:
NASA's Europa Clipper Gets Its Reaction Wheels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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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 is being assembled.
PIA25495:
NASA's Europa Clipper Reaction Wheels Installed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians work together to install reaction wheels on the underside of the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is in its assembly, test, and launch operations phase.
PIA25496:
NASA's Europa Clipper: Reaction Wheel Installation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-23 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers install a 2-foot-wide reaction wheel onto the main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25497:
NASA's Europa Clipper Reaction Wheel in Process
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-15 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians use a crane to lift a 10-foot (3-meter) high-gain antenna as they prepare to install it on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. The orbiter is being assembled in preparation for its launch in October 2024.
PIA25956:
Europa Clipper Gets Its High-Gain On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-15 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians install Europa Clipper's high-gain antenna in the main clean room at JPL.
PIA25957:
Europa Clipper's High-Gain Antenna Installed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-15 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft boasts its new 10-foot (3-meter) high-gain antenna, after its Aug. 14, 2023 installation, in High Bay 1 of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25958:
Powerful Antenna Installed On Europa Clipper
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-24 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians are seen closing the vault of NASA's Europa Clipper in the main clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at JPL on Oct. 7, 2023. The vault will protect the electronics of the spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter.
PIA25959:
Closing of the Europa Clipper Vault
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-30 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is seen in the main clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Jan. 19, 2024.
PIA26061:
Europa Clipper With Instruments Aboard
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-04 Europa Juno
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This illustration shows charged particles from Jupiter impacting Europa's surface, splitting frozen water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen molecules. Scientists believe these newly created oxygen gases could migrate toward the moon's subsurface ocean.
PIA26239:
Oxygen Production at Europa (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-08 Europa Europa Clipper
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A commemorative plate mounted on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft features U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's handwritten In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa. It will be affixed with a silicon microchip stenciled with names submitted by the public.
PIA26062:
Europa Clipper's 'Golden Record'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-08 Europa Europa Clipper
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The art on this side of the plate features waveforms that are visual representations of the sound waves formed by the word water in 103 languages. At center is a symbol representing the American Sign Language sign for water.
PIA26063:
Europa Clipper's 'Water Words'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-21 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
Imaging Science Subsystem
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One moment in an ancient, orbital dance is caught in this color picture taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Dec. 7, 2000, just as two of Jupiter's four major moons, Europa and Callisto, were nearly perfectly aligned with each other.
PIA02861:
Europa and Callisto under the Watchful Gaze of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-01 Europa Galileo
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This newly reprocessed image of Jupiter's moon Europa, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on Sept. 26, 1998, reveals details of diverse surface features.
PIA23871:
Chaos Transition
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-01 Europa Galileo
Imaging Science Subsystem
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The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa features a widely varied landscape, including ridges, bands, small rounded domes and disrupted spaces that geologists called chaos terrain.
PIA23872:
Crisscrossing Bands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-01 Europa Galileo
Imaging Science Subsystem
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This image of Europa shows a region of blocky chaos terrain, where the surface has broken apart into many smaller chaos blocks that are surrounded by featureless matrix material.
PIA23873:
Chaos Near Agenor Linea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-06-24 Jupiter Juno
JunoCam
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NASA's Juno spacecraft obtained this color view on June 21, 2016. As Juno makes its initial approach, the giant planet's four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, are visible.
PIA20701:
Juno on Jupiter's Doorstep
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-28 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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NASA's Juno spacecraft made a distant encounter with Jupiter's moon Europa on its 37th close pass by Jupiter. This image from the spacecraft's JunoCam was taken at a distance of about 51,000 miles (82,000 kilometers).
PIA24970:
Europa Coming Closer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-16 Jupiter Juno
JunoCam
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This image, taken by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, shows Jupiter's southern hemisphere during the spacecraft's 39th close flyby of the planet on January 12, 2022.
PIA25014:
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Glimpses Jupiter's Moons Io and Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-29 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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The complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).
PIA25330:
First Image of Europa From Juno's Close Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-06 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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This pair of images, minimally processed and enhanced, shows the same portion of Europa as captured by the Juno spacecraft's JunoCam during the mission's Sept. 29 close flyby.
PIA25333:
JunoCam Images of Europa, Before and After
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-06 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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This view of Jovian moon Europa was created by processing an image JunoCam captured during Juno's close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022.
PIA25334:
JunoCam Image of Europa From Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-06 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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This highly stylized view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa was created by reprocessing an image captured by JunoCam during the mission's close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022.
PIA25335:
Candy-Colored JunoCam Image of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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NASA's Juno mission captured this view of Jupiter's intriguing, icy moon Europa during a close pass on September 29, 2022.
PIA25694:
Looking for Eruptions at Jupiter's Moon Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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This view of Jupiter's icy moon Europa was captured by JunoCam, the public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, during the mission's close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022.
PIA25695:
NASA's Juno Mission Captures Images of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-14 Europa Juno
JunoCam
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The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is shown in an image from the JunoCam color public engagement camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft. The data for this image was taken September 29, 2022.
PIA25696:
JunoCam Close-Up of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-07-26 Jupiter Juno
JunoCam
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Photo illustration of Jupiter and the three Jovian moons (Ganymede, Europa, Io – from left to right) NASA's Juno mission has flown past, was created from data collected by the spacecraft's JunoCam imager.
PIA25966:
Jovian Family Portrait
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-15 Europa Europa Lander
Landing System
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On Aug. 17 and 18, 2023, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California tested the landing system for a proposed future mission that would touch down on Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
PIA26010:
Testing Hardware for Potential Future Landing on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-17 Europa Europa Lander
Landing System
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepare flight-like landing gear in the Europa Lander landing gear testbed in summer 2022.
PIA26198:
Engineers Prepare Europa Lander Landing Gear for Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-17 Europa Europa Lander
Landing System
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Engineers test the mechanical landing system for the proposed Europa Lander project at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sept. 15, 2022.
PIA26199:
Testing a Landing Gear for Potential Future Landing on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-17 Europa Europa Lander
Landing System
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Engineer Matthew Cameron-Hooper performs a checkout on some systems of the Europa Lander landing gear testbed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on May 27, 2022.
PIA26200:
System Checkouts on Testbed for Europa Lander Landing Gear
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
LORRI
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Jupiter Ahoy!
PIA09231:
Jupiter Ahoy!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Europa New Horizons
LORRI
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Europa
PIA09246:
Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Jupiter New Horizons
LORRI
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Jupiter's Moons: Family Portrait
PIA09352:
Jupiter's Moons: Family Portrait
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Europa New Horizons
LORRI
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New Horizons took this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter's cloud tops with its Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 11:48 Universal Time on February 28, 2007, six hours after the spacecraft's closest approach to Jupiter.
PIA09361:
Europa Rising
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-27 Jupiter New Horizons
LORRI
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NASA's New Horizons had an exciting flyby encounter with Jupiter in early 2007, and the spacecraft has been rapidly moving away from the giant planet ever since.
PIA07934:
LORRI Looks Back
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-09 Jupiter New Horizons
MVIC
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Two Moons Meet over Jupiter
PIA09256:
Two Moons Meet over Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-11 Europa Galileo
Near Infra-Red Mapping Spectrometer
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This image, using data from NASA's Galileo mission, shows the first detection of clay-like minerals on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
PIA17658:
Clay Prints on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-08-09 Europa Voyager
Near Infrared Camera
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Europa looks like a cracked egg in this computer mosaic of the best of NASA's Voyager 2 images.
PIA00366:
Europa - Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Europa Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged most of Europa, including the north polar regions, at high spectral resolution during the G1 encounter on June 28, 1996.
PIA00834:
NIMS G1 Observation of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-06-17 Europa Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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During the first targeted encounter of the icy satellite Europa, NASA's Galileo performed high resolution spectral mapping of the trailing side, a region thought to have minerals other than water ice.
PIA00840:
Infrared Observations of Europa's Trailing Side
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Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image shows the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) observations of selected areas of Europa's trailing hemisphere during NASA's Galileo E4 encounter on 19 December 1996.
PIA00846:
NIMS E4 Observations of Europa Trailing Hemisphere
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Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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These observations of NASA's Voyager and Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer shows the interception of two lineas or fractures on the Northern hemisphere of Europa.
PIA00853:
Europa 6th Orbit NIMS Data
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Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft, which was used to map the mineral and ice properties over the surfaces of the Jovian moons, producing global spectral images for small selected regions on the satellites in 1996-97.
PIA00855:
High Spatial Resolution Europa Coverage by the Galileo Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS)
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Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Frozen sulfuric acid on Jupiter's moon Europa is depicted in this image produced from data gathered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The brightest areas, where the yellow is most intense, represent regions of high frozen sulfuric acid concentration.
PIA02500:
Sulfuric Acid on Europa
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Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This composite image of the Jupiter-facing hemisphere of Europa was obtained on Nov. 25, 1999 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Blue areas show cleanest, brightest icy surfaces, while the red areas have the highest concentrations of darker, non-ice materials.
PIA02529:
Europa: Sea Salts or Battery Acid
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Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This false-color image reveals the scar of a past major impact of a comet or small asteroid on Europa's surface. A city-sized impact crater was viewed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA02561:
Europa Impact Crater
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Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This graphic of Jupiter's moon Europa maps a relationship between the amount of energy deposited onto the moon from charged-particle bombardment and chemical contents of ice deposits.
PIA16921:
Energy From Above Affecting Surface of Europa
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Photopolarimeter-Radiometer
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This infrared image of Europa, showing heat radiation from its surface at a wavelength of 27 microns, provides the best view yet of Europa's daytime temperatures. This image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shows the full disk of Europa.
PIA01144:
Daytime Temperatures on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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False color has been used here to enhance the visibility of certain features in this composite of three images of the Minos Linea region on Jupiter's moon Europa taken on 28 June 1996 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00275:
Europa In Color
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Solid-State Imaging
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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.
PIA00291:
Europa's Broken Ice
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Solid-State Imaging
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On June 27, 1996, during Galileo's first orbit around Jupiter, a newly discovered impact crater could be seen just right of the center of this image of Jupiter's moon Europa returned by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera.
PIA00294:
Europa's Active Surface
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Solid-State Imaging
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Dark crisscrossing bands on Jupiter's moon Europa represent widespread disruption from fracturing and the possible eruption of gases and rocky material from the moon's interior in this four-frame mosaic of images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00295:
Dark Bands on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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This image, taken on September 7, 1996 by NASA's Galileo orbiter, shows two views of the trailing hemisphere of Jupiter's ice-covered satellite, Europa. Europa is about 3,160 kilometers (1,950 miles) in diameter, or about the size of Earth's moon.
PIA00502:
Natural and False Color Views of Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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This view of Jupiter's moon Europa shows a portion of the surface that has been highly disrupted by fractures and ridges. This image was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on November 6, 1996.
PIA00518:
Ridges on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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This image of Europa, an icy satellite of Jupiter, was obtained from a range of 39028 miles (62089 kilometers) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00539:
Jupiter's Icy Satellite Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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The icy surface of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, was photographed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on its fourth orbit around Jupiter.
PIA00540:
Flows on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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This image of Europa, an icy satellite of Jupiter about the size of the Earth's Moon, was obtained from a range of 7415 miles (11933 kilometers) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00541:
Macula on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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This image of Jupiter's satellite Europa was obtained from a range of 7364 miles (11851 km) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00542:
Prominent Doublet Ridges on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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This is a composite of two images of Jupiter's icy moon Europa obtained from a range of 2119 miles (3410 kilometers) by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its fourth orbit around Jupiter and its first close pass of Europa.
PIA00543:
Structurally Complex Surface of Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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Jupiter's moon, Europa, is seen in this image taken by NASA's Galileo Orbiter. The smallest visible feature is about the size of a football field.
PIA00544:
Ridges on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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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.
PIA00578:
Europa Ice Floes
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Solid-State Imaging
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Pwyll crater on Jupiter's moon, Europa, was photographed by the Solid State Imaging system on NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its sixth orbit around Jupiter.
PIA00586:
Pwyll Crater on Europa
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Solid-State Imaging
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The complex terrain of Jupiter's moon, Europa was taken by NASA's Galileo's Solid State Imaging system from a distance of 17,900 kilometers (11,100 miles) on the spacecraft's sixth orbit around Jupiter, on February 20, 1997.
PIA00587:
Close-up of Europa's Trailing Hemisphere
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Solid-State Imaging
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This view of the surface of one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on Feb. 20, 1997, shows the complex icy crust that has been extensively modified by fracturing and the formation of ridges.
PIA00588:
Europa Ridges, Hills and Domes
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Solid-State Imaging
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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 NASA's Galileo spacecraft during a close flyby of Europa on February 20, 1997.
PIA00589:
Mosaic of Europa's Ridges, Craters
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Solid-State Imaging
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This picture of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, was obtained on February 20, 1997, by the Solid State Imaging system onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its sixth orbit around Jupiter.
PIA00590:
Europa Triple Band
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Solid-State Imaging
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This image taken on Feb. 20, 1997 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, shows the ice-rich crust of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.
PIA00591:
Europa Ice Rafts
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