Europa Clipper

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Learn about Jupiter's moon, Europa, and Europa Clipper, NASA's mission to explore the icy world.

Classroom Activities

Space Shorts: Could Jupiter's Moon Europa Have an Ocean?

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Europa: Jupiter's Ocean World

NASA is launching a spacecraft called Europa Clipper to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, that could support life.

Europa has reddish brown lines and patches in this image from Juno.

Europa: Jupiter's Ocean World

Several items are laid out on a gray table including a coloring page, a leaf, a sea shell, some green leaves, two oranges, a paint brush, a fork, a comb, three pipe cleaners, crayons, coins, toothpicks, a paperclip, features, and aluminum foil.

Make a Colorful Crayon Europa with Textures!

A white part of an airplane is shown in the sky over a patchy, icy part of Earth. A small bit of blue water can be seen between the glaciers and sea ice.

Is There Ice on Other Planets?

A blue and green cartoon version of Earth, with large eyes, and a mouth, talks to the Moon, which is smaller and gray with large eyes.

How Many Moons Does Each Planet Have?

A multi-colored graphic showing various facts about Europa.

Deep Dive on Jupiter's Moon Europa Infographic

El mundo oceánico de Júpiter

La NASA está lanzando una nave espacial llamada Europa Clipper para determinar si hay lugares debajo de la superficie de Europa, la luna helada de Júpiter, que podrían albergar vida.

The largest portion of the Europa's surface can be seen at the highest resolution from Galileo.

El mundo oceánico de Júpiter

Several items are laid out on a gray table including a coloring page, a leaf, a sea shell, some green leaves, two oranges, a paint brush, a fork, a comb, three pipe cleaners, crayons, coins, toothpicks, a paperclip, features, and aluminum foil.

¡Crea tu propia Europa de texturas coloreadas con crayones!

A white part of an airplane is shown in the sky over a patchy, icy part of Earth. A small bit of blue water can be seen between the glaciers and sea ice.

¿Hay hielo en otros planetas?

¿Cuántas lunas tiene cada planeta?

Classroom Activities

A spacecraft hovers over a reddish striped moon with planet Jupiter in the background.

Teachable Moments: Exploring the Next Frontier in Our Search for Life With Europa Clipper

A brownish, gray tardigrades, also known as water bears, against a brown background.

Classroom Activity: Design an Alien

A closeup view of the red and gray surface of a planet.

Classroom Activity: Planetary Poetry

An open notebook with white paper sits on a wooden table. A pen is sitting on the right side of the notebook.

Student Project: Write a Poem About Space

Artist's rendering of NASA's Europa Clipper

Classroom Activity: Calculating Solar Power in Space

Several colors of plastic building bricks stacked together.

Classroom Activity: Mapping Alien Worlds

A person is shown using electricity, two cords, and a cup of water to turn on a mini light bulb.

Discovering Alien Oceans: Magnetism

Two clear plastic cups sit on a table next to one another. The left one is mainly filled with slushy water with a bit of sand at the bottom while the right cup has rocks at the bottom, clear water in the middle, and slushy water at the top.

Discovering Alien Oceans: Density

Fountains of ice erupt from the surface of Enceladus. The small moon is mostly in shadow, which makes the geysers illuminated by sunlight stand out.

Classroom Activity: Spacecraft Materials and the Chemistry of Space Exploration

A brightly colored map of Western Australia created using data from a Landsat satellite.

Classroom Activity: Using Light to Study Planets

A person holding cards for a game.

Classroom Activity: NASA Space Voyagers Game

People in white protective clothing work around the solar panels for the Juno spacecraft.

Classroom Activity: Inverse Square Law Demo

More Resources

Europa Clipper: Ways to Participate
Explore this page for mission updates, activities, spacecraft models, posters, stickers, animations, and more.
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