NASA’s Europa Clipper radar passes key test during Mars flyby
NASA’s Europa Clipper radar instrument captured echoes from radar signals that bounced off Mars, producing this radargram. The skyline-like pattern reveals topographic features beneath the spacecraft—such as impact craters, hills, and steep slopes—across a 560-mile-long (900-kilometer-long) stretch near Mars’ equator. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during aContinue Reading