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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 2024-03-08 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 2024-03-27 Europa Europa Clipper
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Europa Clipper is seen in the 85-Foot Space Simulator at JPL in February, 2024, before the start of thermal vacuum testing. A battery of tests ensures that the NASA spacecraft can withstand the extreme hot, cold, and airless environment of space.
PIA26064:
Europa Clipper Prepares for Test in Space Simulator
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-27 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper is seen being lifted into the Space Simulator at JPL in February, 2024. Thermal vacuum testing, which lasted 16 days, ensures that the spacecraft will withstand the harsh conditions of space.
PIA26065:
Europa Clipper Rolls Into Thermal Vacuum Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-04-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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Europa Clipper Science Communications Lead Cynthia Phillips explains the science of the mission to members of the media in von Kármán Auditorium at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on April 11.
PIA25319:
Explaining the Science of Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-04-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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Members of the media visited a clean room at JPL April 11 to get a close-up look at NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. The spacecraft is expected to launch in October 2024 to the Jupiter system, where it will study the ice-encased moon Europa.
PIA26291:
JPL Shows Off Europa Clipper in the Clean Room
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-04-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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The viewing gallery above High Bay 1 in JPL's historic Spacecraft Assembly Facility provided members of the media with a vantage point to observe the clean room where Europa Clipper was put together.
PIA26292:
A View of Europa Clipper From Above
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-27 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper is seen here on Aug. 21, 2024, in a clean room at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
PIA26066:
Testing Europa Clipper's Solar Arrays
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-27 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper is seen here on Aug. 21, 2024, in a clean room at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after engineers and technicians tested and stowed the spacecraft's giant solar arrays.
PIA26067:
Europa Clipper Solar Arrays Stowed for Launch
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-27 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter.
PIA26068:
Europa Clipper Artist's Concept
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-09 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft in orbit at Jupiter as it passes over the gas giant's icy moon Europa.
PIA26431:
Europa Clipper in the Shadow of Jupiter (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-09 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept depicts the long, looping path NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will take to reach the Jupiter system.
PIA26432:
Europa Clipper's Looping Journey to Jupiter (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-09 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper is tasked with up-close study of Jupiter's enigmatic moon Europa.
PIA26436:
Europa Clipper's Elliptical Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-09 Europa Europa Clipper
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Scientists believe that under the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa a saltwater ocean exists that may contain more than twice as much liquid water as all of Earth's oceans combined.
PIA26438:
Europa's Mysterious Interior (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-09 Europa Europa Clipper
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A planetary protection engineer carefully collects samples from NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft to verify its biological cleanliness.
PIA26440:
Keeping Europa Clipper Clean
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-09 Europa Europa Clipper
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A planetary protection engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepares samples for analysis on March 20, 2024.
PIA26441:
Preparing for Planetary Protection Analysis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-10 Europa Europa Clipper
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With its solar arrays and antennas fully extended, the Europa Clipper spacecraft stretches out larger than a basketball court.
PIA26433:
Europa Clipper: NASA's Largest Planetary Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-10 Europa Europa Clipper
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Jupiter's moon Europa is smaller than Earth's moon yet may contain more than twice as much liquid water as all of Earth's oceans combined.
PIA26434:
Europa's Mysterious Interior (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-11-26 Europa Europa Clipper
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On its journey to the Jupiter system, NASA's Europa Clipper will take a path that swings past Mars, then Earth, using the gravity of each planet as a slingshot to boost the spacecraft's speed.
PIA26435:
Europa Clipper's Trajectory to Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-10 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
PIA26437:
Europa Clipper Launch Ascent Timeline
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-10 Europa Europa Clipper
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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft carries a suite of nine science instruments and a gravity experiment that uses its telecommunications system.
PIA26439:
Europa Clipper: Equipped for Discovery (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-18 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft silhouetted against Jupiter as it passes over the gas giant's icy moon Europa.
PIA26442:
Europa Clipper Spies Jupiter and Europa (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-18 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft performing a close flyby of Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
PIA26443:
Europa Clipper Zooms Over Its Target of Study (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-18 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter and passes over the gas giant's ice-covered moon Europa.
PIA26444:
Europa Clipper Explores an Icy Ocean World (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-18 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft approaching Jupiter and its icy moon Europa.
PIA26445:
Europa Clipper Approaches Its Target (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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Scientists think six icy moons in our solar system may currently host oceans of liquid water beneath their outer surfaces.
PIA26103:
Icy Moons in Our Solar System That May Have Oceans Now
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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This image is a simulation of how NASA's Europa Clipper will understand which areas of the Jovian moon Europa are warm and active by studying the moon's thermal emissions.
PIA26105:
Simulated View of Thermal Emissions from Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept illustrates how NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will use radar to peer beneath Europa's ice crust to reveal the structure underneath.
PIA26106:
How REASON Will Penetrate Europa's Surface (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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This artist's concept shows how scientists think the thin atmosphere on Jupiter's moon Europa is formed.
PIA26107:
Creation of Europa's Atmosphere (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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This graphic illustrates the main science objectives of NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.
PIA26461:
Science Objectives of NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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This animation shows how NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will orbit Jupiter and perform 49 flybys of Europa during its prime mission.
PIA26463:
Portion of Europa Clipper's Tour at Jupiter (Animation)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-14 Europa Europa Clipper
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Mission members celebrate during the successful launch of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft on Oct. 14, 2024, in the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA26422:
Europa Clipper Launch Team at JPL's Mission Control
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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 1996-01-29 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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These four images of Jupiter and the luminous night-side impact of fragment W of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were taken NASA's Galileo spacecraft on July 22, 1994.
PIA00139:
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragment W Impact With Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-06-06 Ganymede Galileo
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft, now in orbit around Jupiter, returned this optical navigation image June 3, 1996, showing that the spacecraft is accurately targeted for its first flyby of the giant moon Ganymede on June 27.
PIA00273:
Optical Navigation Image of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Volcanic hot spots and auroral emissions glow on the darkside of Jupiter's moon Io in the image at left. The image was taken by the camera onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft on 29 June, 1996 UT while Io was in Jupiter's shadow.
PIA00274:
Io Glowing in the Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Europa Galileo
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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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Ridges, grooves, craters and relatively smooth areas in the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede are shown in this high-resolution image captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of Ganymede on June 27, 1996.
PIA00276:
Ganymede - Ridges, Grooves, Craters and Smooth Areas of Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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These images demonstrate the dramatic improvement in the resolution of pictures that NASA's Galileo spacecraft returned compared to previous images of the Jupiter system.
PIA00277:
Ganymede - Comparison of Voyager and Galileo Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This view of a part of the Galileo Regio region on Jupiter's moon Ganymede shows fine details of the dark terrain that makes up about half of the surface of the planet-sized moon.
PIA00278:
Ganymede - Dark Terrain in Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Ancient impact craters shown in this image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft testify to the great age of the terrain, dating back several billion years.
PIA00279:
Ganymede - Ancient Impact Craters in Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mixture of terrains studded with a large impact crater is shown in this view of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its first flyby of the planet-sized moon on June 27, 1996.
PIA00280:
Ganymede - Mixture of Terrains and Large Impact Crater in Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four Galileo high-resolution images of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede is shown within the context of an image of the region taken by Voyager 2 in 1979.
PIA00281:
Ganymede - Galileo Mosaic Overlayed on Voyager Data in Uruk Sulcus Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-08 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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The mottled face of Jupiter's volcanically active moon Io as viewed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00282:
Io - Full Disk Centered on Media Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Europa Galileo
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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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-08 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Three full-disk color views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft are shown in enhanced color to highlight details of the surface.
PIA00292:
Three Views of Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-10 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This image, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, shows a blue-colored volcanic plume consistent with the presence of sulfur dioxide gas and 'snow' condensing from the gas as the plume expands and cools.
PIA00293:
Eruption on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Europa Galileo
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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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Europa Galileo
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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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a mosaic of two images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The Great Red Spot is a storm in Jupiter's atmosphere and is at least 300 years-old. The image was taken on June 26, 1996.
PIA00296:
Jupiter's Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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The Great Red Spot (GRS) of Jupiter as seen by NASA's Galileo imaging system. The image is a mosaic of six images taken over an 80 second interval during the first GRS observing sequence on June 26, 1996.
PIA00488:
Great Red Spot Mosaic - Near-infrared Filter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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False color representation of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) taken by NASA's Galileo imaging system. The Great Red Spot appears pink and the surrounding region blue because of the particular color coding used in this representation.
PIA00489:
False Color Mosaic Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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This montage features activity in the turbulent region of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS). Four sets of images of the GRS were taken by NASA's Galileo imaging system over an 11.5 hour period on 26 June, 1996.
PIA00490:
Features of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Five color views of Jupiter's moon Io, as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera, were taken between the 25th and the 29th of June, 1996.
PIA00491:
Five Color Views of Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four Galileo images of the Galileo Regio region on Ganymede (Latitude 18 N, Longitude: 149 W) is shown overlayed on the data obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979.
PIA00492:
Galileo Regio Mosaic - Galileo over Voyager Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A mosaic of four Galileo images of the Uruk Sulcus region on Ganymede (Latitude 11 N, Longitude: 170 W) is shown overlayed on the data obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979.
PIA00493:
Uruk Sulcus Mosaic - Galileo over Voyager Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system, is seen in front of Jupiter's cloudy atmosphere in this image taken Sept. 7, 1996, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, now orbiting the giant planet.
PIA00494:
Io in front of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Io Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are compared in these images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft (right) taken in early September of this year, and from the Voyager spacecraft (left) taken in 1979.
PIA00495:
Changing volcanoes on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Circular rims of these craters located at a high northern latitude on Jupiter's moon Ganymede are seen in this image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on September 6, 1996.
PIA00496:
Ice-frosted crater tops on Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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NASA's Galileo spacecraft obtained this image on Sept.6, 1996, showing part of the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where new terrain overlays older terrain.
PIA00497:
Ganymede's Nippur Sulcus
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Topographic detail is seen in a stereoscopic view of this part of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This image is a computer reconstruction from two images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1996.
PIA00498:
Stereo View of Ganymede's Galileo Regio
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Ganymede Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo has eyes that can see more than ours can. By looking at what we call the infrared wavelengths, types and sizes of material on the surface of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, can be determined.
PIA00500:
NIMS Ganymede Surface Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Jupiter Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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NASA's Galileo orbiter looks at Jupiter's Great Red Spot, in these views from June 26, 1996. NIMS studies infrared wavelengths of light that our eye cannot see.
PIA00501:
NIMS Spectral Maps of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Europa Galileo
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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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-08 Jupiter Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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Scientists spotted what appear to be thunderheads on Jupiter bright white cumulus clouds similar to those that bring thunderstorms on Earth, at the outer edges of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The photos were taken by NASA's Galileo orbiter on June 26, 1996.
PIA00506:
Thunderheads on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Callisto Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A portion of a chain of impact craters on Jupiter's moon Callisto is seen in this image from NASA' Galileo spacecraft on November 4, 1996. This crater chain on Callisto is believed to result from the impact of a split object, similar to the fragments.
PIA00514:
A Chain of Impact Craters on Callisto
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Callisto Galileo
Solid-State Imaging
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A portion of the central zone of the large impact structure Valhalla on Jupiter's moon Callisto was imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on November 4, 1996.
PIA00516:
Callisto's Valhalla Impact Structure
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Callisto Galileo
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This four-frame mosaic shows the ancient impact structure Asgard on Jupiter's moon Callisto. This image was taken on November 4, 1996, by NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its third orbit around Jupiter.
PIA00517:
Asgard Impact Structure on Callisto
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Europa Galileo
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-16 Ganymede Galileo
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NASA's Voyager images were used to create a global view of Ganymede. The cut-out reveals the interior structure of this icy moon.
PIA00519:
Ganymede G1 & G2 Encounters - Interior of Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Io Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Hotspots are seen in the vicinity of Prometheus, Volund and Marduk, all sites of volcanic plume activity during NASA's Galileo encounter in 1996.
PIA00520:
NIMS: hotspots on Io during G2
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Ganymede Galileo
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Topographic detail is seen in this stereoscopic view of the Galileo Regio region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The picture is a computer reconstruction from two images taken by NASA's Galileo during 1996.
PIA00521:
Stereo View of Ganymede's Galileo Region
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These two views of Jupiter obtained by NASA's Galileo spacecraft show evidence of strikingly different stratospheric hazes between the polar regions and low or mid latitudes. The Great Red Spot shows in one mosaic taken on June 26, 1996.
PIA00522:
Jupiter Stratospheric Haze Comparison
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Io Galileo
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Shown here is a highest-resolution image of Io (Latitude: -60 to +20 degrees, Longitude: 150 to 230 degrees) acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, revealing a great variety of landforms.
PIA00536:
Geologic Landforms on Io
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Shown here is a portion of a high-resolution image of Io (Latitude: +10 to +60 degrees, Longitude: 180 to 225 degrees) acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, revealing immense lava flows and other volcanic landforms.
PIA00537:
Volcanically Active Regions on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 J Rings Galileo
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The ring system of Jupiter was imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on November 9, 1996. In this image the west ansa of Jupiter's main ring is seen at a resolution of 24 kilometers per pixel.
PIA00538:
The Main Ring of Jupiter (clear filter)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-06 Europa Galileo
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Jupiter Galileo
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This false color mosaic shows a belt-zone boundary near Jupiter's equator. The images that make up the four quadrants of this mosaic were taken within a few minutes of each other. These images were taken on Nov. 5, 1996 by NASA's Galileo orbiter.
PIA00548:
False Color Mosaic of Jupiter's Belt-Zone Boundary
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Callisto Galileo
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This mosaic of three images shows an area within the Valhalla region on Jupiter's moon, Callisto, as seen by NASA's Galileo orbiter.
PIA00549:
Callisto Crater Chain Mosaic
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Jupiter Galileo
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This image, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, shows the darkside of Jupiter, the part not illuminated by sunlight. The curved line crossing from the lower left to the upper right is the auroral arc on the horizon.
PIA00560:
Aurora Borealis on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Callisto Galileo
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This mosaic of two images shows an area within the Valhalla region on Jupiter's moon, Callisto.This mosaic of two images shows an area within the Valhalla region on Jupiter's moon, Callisto, as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00561:
Callisto Scarp Mosaic
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Low-resolution color data were combined with a higher resolution mosaic from NASA's Galileo spacraft to produce this infrared composite image of a pair of ancient multi-ringed impact basins on Jupiter's moon, Callisto.
PIA00562:
Asgard Scarp Mosaic
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Pseudo-true color mosaic of a belt-zone boundary near Jupiter's equator. The images that make up the four quadrants of this mosaic were taken within a few minutes of each other by NASA's Galileo orbiter.
PIA00574:
"True" Color Mosaic of Jupiter's Belt-Zone Boundary
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
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A mosaic of four NASA's Galileo spacecraft's high-resolution images of the Uruk Sulcus region of Jupiter's moon Ganymede (Latitude 11 N, Longitude: 170 W) is shown within the context of an image of the region taken by Voyager 2 in 1979.
PIA00579:
Ganymede Uruk Sulcus High Resolution Mosaic Shown in Context
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Ganymede Galileo
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Ancient impact craters shown in this image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft testify to the great age of the terrain, dating back several billion years.
PIA00580:
Ganymede Galileo Regio High Resolution Mosaic Shown in Context
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Callisto Galileo
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A portion of a chain of impact craters on Jupiter's moon Callisto is seen in this image taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on November 4, 1996.
PIA00581:
Callisto Crater Chain at High Resolution Shown in Context
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Jupiter Galileo
Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Clouds and hazes at various altitudes within the dynamic Jovian atmosphere are revealed by multi-color imaging taken during the second orbit (G2) on September 5, 1996 by Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00582:
Jupiter's Multi-level Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-12-18 Io Galileo
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Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system is seen in the highest resolution obtained to date [Sept.7 & Nov. 6, 1996] by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00583:
High Resolution Global View of Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-06 Io Galileo
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These full disk views of Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, use images which were acquired by NASA's Galileo spacecraft on Dec. 18, 1996, when Io, the spacecraft, and the sun were nearly all aligned (near zero degrees phase angle).
PIA00584:
Global View of Io in various colors
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-18 Io Galileo
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This false color infrared composite of Jupiter's moon Io was produced from images acquired in July and September, 1996, during the first two orbits through the Jovian system by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA00585:
Color Global Mosaic of Io
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