NASA's Europa Clipper, California Live Cam

NASA's Europa Clipper represents the agency's upcoming initiative to explore the outer solar system. You have the opportunity to watch its assembly and testing in real-time through a webcam feed from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) located in Pasadena, California. Presently, you are observing activities inside JPL's High Bay 1, where the main structure of the Europa Clipper—a substantial aluminum cylinder—can be seen on the left. This central part of the spacecraft stands 10 feet (3 meters) tall and has a diameter of 5 feet (1.5 meters); it houses the electronic systems, radios, thermal loop tubing, wiring, and propulsion mechanisms. To the right, you will notice the protective metal enclosure that acts as the electronics vault for Europa Clipper, designed to shield vital electronic components from the intense radiation found in the vicinity of Jupiter. The goal of NASA's Europa Clipper mission is to perform numerous close flybys of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, to gather precise data regarding its potential to support life.