Tiny Europa Clipper 2024

Tiny Europa Clipper 2024 with Plume Shield


Updated 2024 August 17.

Here's a 1:125 (approx) scale model of the Europa Clipper Spacecraft. It's fairly rugged, robust, and very easy to print on a simple small flatbed printer.

The latest update adds the Magnetometer Plume Shield, which was added very late in the game on the actual Europa Clipper Flight System -- only a couple months before launch. It's a little panel down by the base of the Magnetometer Boom. The previous model update, on 2024 May the Fourth, simplified assembly, making it easier to glue the wings onto the spacecraft.

The solar-panel wings do not articulate, but are fixed in the typical "Standard Closest Approach" configuration. Or alternatively in the "Power" configuration.

One print file, "TinyEuropaClipper.stl", contains all five pieces to glue together. While it's most convenient to glue the wings showing the "Standard Closest Approach" spacecraft configuration, with a little wrangling you can optiona