Observed arrival · 2026-10-27
Sam Howell: Scientist, Builder, Europa Clipper
A personal site for a JPL ocean-worlds scientist, featuring his research, career, talks, and an interactive visualization of Europa Clipper’s planned tour.
- For
- Readers of Europa Clipper and planetary science
- Worth noticing
- The embedded tour covers April 2030–September 2034 and marks 52 Europa passes within 2,000 km.
Field notes
The page places Howell’s JPL roles alongside a timeline of fieldwork from the Mariana Trench, Kilimanjaro, and polar glaciers. Its embedded Europa Clipper visualization traces the mission’s planned April 2030–September 2034 tour, with 52 passes within 2,000 km of Europa; the page says the geometry comes directly from Mission Widget. Mission Widget is described as an independent flight-planning workspace for bringing trajectories, observations, and tradeoffs together.
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