![Europa looks like a partially lit fuzzy, yellow-orange orb in this image from Pioneer 10.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ac73-9278-europa-from-pioneer-10.jpg)
First Image of Europa From a Spacecraft
NASA's Pioneer 10 took the first image of Europa from a spacecraft during a flyby in December 1973. This image is from a distance, although bright and dark regions on Europa are clearly present.
Image Credit: NASA
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https://science.nasa.gov/image-detail/photograph-by-pioneer-jupiter/
TakenApril 3, 1997
Image CreditNASA
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