Explore This SectionScienceEuropa ClipperBuoyant Rover for Under Ice…Europa Clipper HomeMissionOverviewFactsHistoryTimelineScienceGoalsTeamSpacecraftMeet Europa ClipperInstruments Assembly Vault PlateMessage in a BottleNewsNews & FeaturesBlogNewsroomReplay the LaunchMultimediaFeatured MultimediaResourcesAbout EuropaWhy Europa?Europa Up CloseIngredients for LifeEvidence for an Ocean  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion [...]

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Explore This SectionScienceEuropa ClipperEuropa: Ocean WorldEuropa Clipper HomeMissionOverviewFactsHistoryTimelineScienceGoalsTeamSpacecraftMeet Europa ClipperInstruments Assembly Vault PlateMessage in a BottleNewsNews & FeaturesBlogNewsroomReplay the LaunchMultimediaFeatured MultimediaResourcesAbout EuropaWhy Europa?Europa Up CloseIngredients for LifeEvidence for an Ocean  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Scientists think there is an ocean within [...]

Explore This SectionScienceEuropa ClipperEuropa’s Stunning SurfaceEuropa Clipper HomeMissionOverviewFactsHistoryTimelineScienceGoalsTeamSpacecraftMeet Europa ClipperInstruments Assembly Vault PlateMessage in a BottleNewsNews & FeaturesBlogNewsroomReplay the LaunchMultimediaFeatured MultimediaResourcesAbout EuropaWhy Europa?Europa Up CloseIngredients for LifeEvidence for an Ocean  The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute Downloads View All Europa Resources JPG May 28, [...]

Explore This SectionScienceEuropa ClipperReddish Bands on EuropaEuropa Clipper HomeMissionOverviewFactsHistoryTimelineScienceGoalsTeamSpacecraftMeet Europa ClipperInstruments Assembly Vault PlateMessage in a BottleNewsNews & FeaturesBlogNewsroomReplay the LaunchMultimediaFeatured MultimediaResourcesAbout EuropaWhy Europa?Europa Up CloseIngredients for LifeEvidence for an Ocean  This colorized image of Europa is a product of clear-filter grayscale data from one orbit of NASA’s Galileo spacecraft.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute Downloads View All Europa [...]

Explore This SectionScienceEuropa ClipperSource Region for Possible…Europa Clipper HomeMissionOverviewFactsHistoryTimelineScienceGoalsTeamSpacecraftMeet Europa ClipperInstruments Assembly Vault PlateMessage in a BottleNewsNews & FeaturesBlogNewsroomReplay the LaunchMultimediaFeatured MultimediaResourcesAbout EuropaWhy Europa?Europa Up CloseIngredients for LifeEvidence for an Ocean  A map centered at the estimated source region for potential plumes from Europa.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute Downloads View All Europa Resources Hi-res May 29, 2025 JPEG [...]

Explore This SectionScienceEuropa Clipper3-D Cilix Crater on EuropaEuropa Clipper HomeMissionOverviewFactsHistoryTimelineScienceGoalsTeamSpacecraftMeet Europa ClipperInstruments Assembly Vault PlateMessage in a BottleNewsNews & FeaturesBlogNewsroomReplay the LaunchMultimediaFeatured MultimediaResourcesAbout EuropaWhy Europa?Europa Up CloseIngredients for LifeEvidence for an Ocean  This view of Cilix impact crater on Europa was created in 2013 using 3-D stereo images.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cynthia Phillips Downloads View All Europa Resources May [...]

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew launches atop the Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station.Credit: NASA As part of NASA’s efforts to expand access to space, four private astronauts are in orbit following the successful launch of the fourth all private astronaut mission to [...]

NASA astronaut Zena Cardman inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror at the NASA Johnson Space Center photo studio on March 22, 2024.NASA/Josh Valcarcel NASA astronaut Zena Cardman [link to her bio] inspects her spacesuit’s wrist mirror in this portrait taken at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on March 22, 2024. Cardman will launch to the [...]

June 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has paused observations due to a problem with one of the motors that drives its ability to track cosmic objects. The NICER team paused operations June 17 when performance degradation in the motor began affecting science observations. [...]