Europa Clipper
Join Us! Participate in NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
Explore this page for mission updates, activities, spacecraft models, posters, stickers, animations, and more. This content is suitable for educators, students, and anyone interested in the Europa Clipper mission.
Events
Europa Clipper Roadshow
Embark on a journey beyond our own planet and uncover the mysteries of Jupiter's ocean moon Europa! The “Voyage of Europa Clipper: Exploring an Alien Ocean” roadshow exhibit is coming to a city near you.
Learn More![In this illustration, a shiny, silver Europa Clipper is shown over the blue, icy surface of Europa with Jupiter and its swirls of reddish brown and orange clouds. Text over the illustration promotes NASA's Europa Clipper Roadshow.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-roadshow-california-academy-of-sciences-horizontal-01.png?w=4096&format=png)
Explore With Us
Europa Up Close
Europa shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust. In fact, it could have all the ingredients needed for life as we know it. NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform dozens of close flybys of Europa to determine whether there are places below the surface that could support life. Take an in-depth look at Jupiter's icy moon.
Read More![A view of Europa showing most of one side of the moon. The moon is gray with reddish bands running across it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/pia25695-europa-junocam-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg&crop=1)
Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0
Europa Clipper Augmented Reality Experience
Explore Jupiter’s moon Europa and the Europa Clipper spacecraft like never before in the immersive ClipperAR (augmented reality) experience. You can visit Europa, peer through its layers, and learn about Europa’s ingredients for life. After that, you can view the Europa Clipper spacecraft and learn about its individual instruments.
Read More![A banner showing Jupiter with Europa Clipper orbiting and white text over the image promoting Clipper AR.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/clipperar-banner.webp?w=4096&format=png&crop=1)
Eyes on Europa Clipper
Follow Europa Clipper's journey in NASA's Eyes. The program is a 3D visualization that allows you to explore and understand real NASA data and imagery in a fun and interactive way. Eyes runs in a web browser, so any device with an internet connection and a browser can run the application.
Read More![An illustration of Europa Clipper in the darkness of space.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/nasa-eyes-europa-clipper.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg&crop=1)
Sign Up for Mission Updates
Get notifications about Europa Clipper mission events like launch, stay up to date on ways you can stay involved with the mission, and discover the latest news on Earth, the Solar System, and beyond from NASA in your inbox.
Subscribe![Workers in blue protective clothing and white head coverings hold cables to position Europa Clipper's high gain antenna for installation on the spacecraft. Some workers are on the ground, and some are up on a platform.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/europa-clipper-high-gain-antenna-at-ksc-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Calling All Kids: Explore Europa Through Art
Join the NASA Space Place art challenge and imagine what's beneath Europa’s icy surface. Submit artwork by Sept. 30 for a chance to be featured by NASA!
Join the Space Place Art Challenge![An illustration of Jupiter, its moon Europa, and the Europa Clipper spacecraft; against a space backdrop in shades of purple and pink, two circles look like wood-grain plaques — Europa, at lower left, taking up about half of the frame, and Jupiter, smaller in the upper right. Hovering over Europa, a view of Clipper looks like a tan and gray lollipop shape, with black rectangles extending horizontally from either side of the round candy part.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-art-challenge-square-no-text.png?w=4096&format=png)
Message in a Bottle
The deadline has passed to submit your name to fly on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft alongside a message by the U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. However, there are still ways to stay involved.
Join Us![An illustration of a giant bottle with a message inside. The bottle is in front of Jupiter with Europa's ocean below it. The Europa Clipper spacecraft is up over the bottle.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/europa-clipper-messag-ein-a-bottle-1600x900-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Who's On Board?
Explore our participation map to see where people around the world have signed their name to Europa Clipper’s Message in a Bottle.
View the Map![A map in shades of blue showing the continents of Earth.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/participation-map-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg&crop=1)
Check In
Time has run out to send your name. If you signed on during the campaign, check in to retrieve and share your customized Message in a Bottle artwork.
Read More![An illustration of a giant bottle with a message inside. The bottle is in front of Jupiter with Europa's ocean below it. The Europa Clipper spacecraft is up over the bottle.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/europa-clipper-messag-ein-a-bottle-1600x900-1-jpg.webp?w=4096&format=png&crop=1)
Europa Clipper Models
![A toy brick model of Europa Clipper with the spacecraft solar arrays in blue, and the high gain antenna in yellow. The rest of the spacecraft is light gray and it's sitting on a black base.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-toy-brick-model-complete.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Toy Bricks Model
Build a 1/48th scale model of the Europa Clipper spacecraft using toy bricks.
![Image showing a paper model of Europa Clipper. The solar panels are blue, the high gain antenna is blue and yellow. The rest of the spacecraft is bronze.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-paper-model.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Paper Model
Build your own version of Europa Clipper, learning how each part of the spacecraft fits together as you go.
![A hand holds a 3D printed version of Europa Clipper. The solar winds are bluish or purple. The rest of the spacecraft is pale yellow.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-3d-printable.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Videos
![Illustration of Europa Clipper with Jupiter in the background and the surface of Europa below with a plume spraying up.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ns-clppr-srfc-100622-031-00000-e1690839210220.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Why Does NASA Want to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean Moon?
![An illustration of Europa in blue. This image serves as a slate to open a video about Europa.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ep2thumbnail-finalnotext.webp?w=4096&format=png)
Other Worlds: Europa
![An image of the Europa Clipper vault plate, highlighted from the upper left corner casting shadows that emphasize engraved waveforms emanating from a central point symbolizing the word 'water' in multiple languages. The waveforms present as audio frequency waves. The vault plate is metal silver and the engravings are black, set against a black background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-vault-plate-banner.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA's Design for Message Heading to Jupiter's Moon Europa
![A view of Europa showing most of one side of the moon. The moon is gray with reddish bands running across it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/pia25695-europa-junocam-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
What You Need to Know About Europa
![A view of Europa showing most of one side of the moon. The moon is gray with reddish bands running across it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/pia25695-europa-junocam-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre Europa
![Two figure skaters wearing jackets stand on an ice rink.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/figure-skaters.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Olympic Figure Skaters Explore the Icy Moon Europa with NASA
![A spacecraft hovers over a reddish striped moon with planet Jupiter in the background.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/europa-clipper-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Searching for Life on Jupiter's Moon Europa
![Europa video screenshot](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Europa_video_screenshot.png?w=4096&format=png)
Alien Ocean
Spacecraft Makers
Spacecraft Makers is a video series that takes you behind the scenes to learn more about how space missions, like Europa Clipper, come together.
![A split graphic and image for a video about Europa Clipper. On the left is the graphic with the words "Spacecraft Makers: Europa Clipper, Episode 1". On the right is an image of the spacecraft with workers around it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/spacecraftmakers-ep1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Spacecraft Makers: Introducing Europa Clipper
![Workers in protective clothing work on the Europa Clipper.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/spacecraftmakers-thumbnail-ep2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Spacecraft Makers: Testing Europa Clipper’s Magnetometer
![A split image with a graphic for a video on the left, and an image of two workers on the right. The workers are behind a table with a silver-colored spacecraft blanket on it.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/spacecraftmakers-ep3.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Spacecraft Makers: Sewing Blankets for NASA’s Europa Clipper
![A split image with a blue slate on the left with words on it promoting a video. On the right is an image of Europa Clipper.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/spacecraftmakers-ep4.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Spacecraft Makers: Europa Clipper's Instrument Integration
![Slate for a video about the assembly of Europa Clipper.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ep-5-simulating-outer-space-on-earth.jpeg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Spacecraft Makers: Simulating Space to Test Europa Clipper
Animations
![A screengrab from an animation showing Europa Clipper after launch.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-animation-launch-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: Launch
![](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-animation-fairing-separation-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: Fairing Separation
![A screengrab from a video showing Europa Clipper deploying in space after launch from Earth.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-deployment-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: Deployment
![A screengrab from a video showing Europa Clipper opening its solar arrays in space. Earth is behind the spacecraft.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-animation-solar-arrays-deployed.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: Solar Arrays Deployment
![An image from a video about Europa Clipper making a gravity assist at Mars.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-animation-mars-gravity-assist-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: Mars Gravity Assist
![An illustration from an animation showing Europa Clipper with Jupiter and Europa.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mission-animation-arrival-at-europa-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: Arrival at Europa
![An artist's concept of Europa Clipper flying past Europa.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-flyby-of-europa-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation 1: Europa Flyby
![An illustration of Europa Clipper flying by Europa with Jupiter behind Europa.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-europa-flyby2-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation 2: Europa Flyby
![An illustration of Europa Clipper in front of Europa.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-europa-flyby4-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation 4: Europa Flyby
![An illustration of Europa Clipper flying by Europa.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-europa-flyby3-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation 3: Europa Flyby
![A screenshot of an illustration from an animation showing Europa Clipper in space. Some of the instrument names are shown.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-with-instruments-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: Spacecraft 360 with Instruments
![A screengrab from an animation showing Europa Clipper in space.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/reason-deployed-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: REASON Deployment
![An illustration showing Europa Clipper in space and deploying its ECM boom.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ecm-deployed.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: ECM Boom Deployment (Close)
![An illustration showing a closeup of Europa Clipper's ECM boom being deployed.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ecm-boom-deployed-closeup-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: ECM Boom Deployment (Extra Close)
![A screengrab from a video showing Europa Clipper's ECM Boom deployed from a distance.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ecm-boom-deployed-distant-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Mission Animation: ECM Boom Deployment (Distant)
![An artist's concept of what the interior of Europa would look like.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-tide-movie-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Europa Tide Movie
Mission Stickers and Identifiers
![A blue and white Europa Clipper sticker on the left, and text about the mission on the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-blue-sticker-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Europa Clipper Sticker (Blue - English)
![An image of a Europa Clipper sticker. It has the blue Europa Clipper logo on the left, and text describing the mission on the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-white-sticker-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Europa Clipper Sticker (White - English)
![An image showing the front and back of a sticker for Europa. An image of the moon is on the left, and a description of Europa is on the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-moon-sticker-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Europa Moon Sticker (English)
![Image showing Europa Clipper's mission identifier.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-mission-identifier-horizontal-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Europa Clipper Mission Identifier (Horizontal)
![Europa Clipper Mission Identifier](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-mission-identifier-vertical-image-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Europa Clipper Mission Identifier (Vertical)
![A blue and white Europa Clipper sticker on the left, and text about the mission on the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/europa-clipper-blue-sticker-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Adhesivo de Europa Clipper (blanco, en español)
![Adhesivo de Europa Clipper (azul, en español)](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/adhesivo-de-europa-clipper-azul-en-espanol-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
Adhesivo de Europa Clipper (azul, en español)
![Adhesivo de la luna Europa (en español)](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/adhesivo-de-la-luna-europa-16x9-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)