If any spacecraft could be said to have had nine lives, it was Galileo. At the time of its launch, this mission to Jupiter was the most sophisticated science spacecraft ever built. But the expectation of great science rewards almost was ruined when the spacecraft’s main antenna refused to unfurl. Sa
The Galileo spacecraft was launched in 1989 by the space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission. It arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995, a little more than six years later, via gravitational assist flybys of Venus and Earth. Galileo carried 10 science instruments and an atmospheric probe to Jupiter for a comprehensive study of the giant planet’s atmosphere, moons, and magnetosphere from orbit.
NASA’s Galileo was an unmanned spacecraft that was launched on October 18, 1989, to study the planet Jupiter and its moons. Named after the famous Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, the mission was designed to provide a detailed understanding of Jupiter’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, and its diverse satellites.
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