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Bob Pappalardo
Europa Clipper Mission Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bob Pappalardo is the Europa Clipper Mission Project Scientist and formerly Cassini Project Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Latest Planetary Radio Appearances
Galileo at 30: How a mission transformed our understanding of Jupiter
Thirty years after NASA’s Galileo spacecraft became the first to orbit Jupiter, scientists and engineers gathered to reflect on the mission that transformed how we see the giant planet and its moons.
A hundred weeks in space exploration
Sarah Al-Ahmed, the host of Planetary Radio, marks her one-hundredth episode with a look back at the defining moments of the past 100 weeks of space exploration.
Europa Clipper blasts off: How the mission team weathered Hurricane Milton
Bob Pappalardo, Europa Clipper project scientist, recounts the mission team's dramatic encounter with Hurricane Milton before their triumphant launch.