In a mission that changed our understanding of gas giants, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made history not just in orbit but also in its dramatic descent into Jupiter’s atmosphere. Launched in October 1989 ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – One of the most remarkable chapters in the history of planetary exploration ended Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 1857 UTC when the American spacecraft Galileo plunged to its demise ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – NASA will bring an era in space exploration to an end Thursday, as the Galileo space probe takes one final swing past the major moons of Jupiter before heading for its own ...

The Galileo spacecraft missed taking images on its final pass of Jupiter's moon Io on Jan. 17 (AW&ST Jan. 7, p. 61). The spacecraft detected a computer reset and automatically went into a standby mode ...

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Introduction: Meeting the Grand Challenge -- Chapter 1: The Importance of the Galileo Project -- Chapter 2: From Conception to Congressional Approval -- Chapter 3: The Struggle To Launch Galileo: ...