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Engineers inspect Europa Clipper’s plasma detection instrument, called the Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS), in a clean room at…
Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) stand next to Europa Clipper’s…
A plasma instrument (called PIMS) sensor assembly is mounted on the vibration table (also known as the vibe table or…
A plasma instrument (called PIMS) sensor assembly loaded into the 3D3 thermal vacuum chamber in the Space Simulation Laboratory (SSL)…
A plasma instrument (called PIMS) sensor assembly is loaded into a thermal vacuum (TVAC) chamber in the Space Simulation Laboratory…
An accelerometer is attached to a plasma instrument (called PIMS) sensor assembly during a vibration test. Vibration Test Laboratory lead…
A plasma instrument (called PIMS) sensor assembly is subjected to a simulated electromagnetic interference (EMI) environment to ensure it will…
In this photo, the Plasma Instrument Calibration Chamber at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recreates…
A collector assembly that will fly aboard Europa Clipper in one the four PIMS Faraday cups, which will help scientists…
