Europa, NASA and Jupiter

NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures First Starfield Images From Deep Space
NASA’s Europa Clipper is well on its way to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, set to arrive in 2030. While its science instruments remain dormant for now, its star trackers are actively working, snapping images of distant stars to help orient the spacecraft.
NASA's Europa Clipper snaps its 1st starry image en route to Jupiter's icy moon
This week, NASA released the first image from the Europa Clipper spacecraft's voyage. The image is a mosaic of a star field, created from three shots the solar-powered orbiter captured in December of 2024, less than two months after it launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
En route to Jupiter, Europa Clipper captures images of stars
Three months after its launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency's Europa Clipper has another 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) to go before it reaches Jupiter's orbit in 2030 to take close-up images of the icy moon Europa with science cameras.
NASA's Jupiter-Bound Europa Clipper Sends First Images From Over 85 Million Kilometres Away
NASA shared the image on Wednesday captured by Europa Clipper which launched on October 14, 2024 to Jupiter. The picture features stars captured by Clipper's star tracker cameras in early December. These stars are used as reference points to let the mission team know about the spacecraft's orientation in space.
NASA's Europa Clipper on its way to Jupiter's icy moon shares first images of stars from space
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, using star trackers to navigate and ensure a smooth journey to its 2030 destination.
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Jupiter's Moon Europa Captured By Juno Spacecraft In Close Flyby
NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) over the surface of the moon. Credit: Space.com | imagery credit: Credit : ...
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Jaw-dropping photo shows Jupiter’s moon Europa like you’ve never seen it before
NASA has captured the highest-resolution photo of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. The image, which NASA released last week, showcases over 93 by 125 miles of surface region on the moon.
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Europa Clipper on a mission to probe an alien water world
Europa Clipper - one of the most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet - aims to explore Jupiter's icy moon ...
Degrees of Science: Europa Clipper Mission
NASA recently launched a mission aimed to see if the ingredients for life exist on Jupiter's ice covered moon Europa ...
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What lies beneath Europa’s icy surface? Perhaps a heart of metal
One of Jupiter’s biggest moons has the potential to harbour life in a subsurface sea. The nature of its core will provide ...
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From new commercial Moon landers to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions in 2025
NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...
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The Insane Engineering of Europa Clipper
NASA’s Europa Clipper is set to explore one of the most intriguing moons in the solar system—Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa.
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The Sky This Week from February 7 to 14: The February Full Snow Moon shines
Mighty Jupiter stands high in the east at sunset, dominating the stars of Taurus the Bull as they begin to appear in the ...