On the left is a view of Jupiter's moon Europa taken on March 2, 1979, by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft. In the middle is a color image of Europa taken by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft during its close encounter on July 9, 1979. On the right is a view of Europa made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Europa | |
System | Jupiter | |
Target Type | Satellite | |
Mission | Galileo | Voyager |
Instrument Host | Galileo Orbiter | Voyager 1, Voyager 2 |
Host Type | Orbiter | Flyby Spacecraft |
Instrument | ||
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2021-11-30 | |
Date in Caption | 1979-03-02 | 1979-07-09 |
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24895 | |
Identifier | PIA24895 |