Europa Clipper Optical Instruments 2025D

Here's a fairly accurate characterization of Europa Clipper's optical science instruments, which are mounted on and beside the Nadir Platform on the Spacecraft's Plus-Y side, atop the Vault. It's basically what you'd see when looking at a large public-display model of Clipper, but smaller.

This model is for familiarization; it is not accurate in scale, but it captures all the key features. It is optimized for easy 3D printing on commonly available FDM printers without the need for any support structures or rafts. It has been thoroughly tested on a Dremel Digilab 3D45, a device typical of which can be found in many libraries.

Once printed, assembly is pretty quick and easy. Cyanoacrylate glue in medium-thick viscosity works well.

The Optical Science Instruments are abbreviated on the model (counter-clockwise when looking down) as:

• UVS, the Europa Ultraviolet Spectrograph,
• EIS WAC, the Europa Imaging System Wide Angle Camera,
• E-THEMIS, the Europa Thermal Emission Imag