Galileo (spacecraft)
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  Top: The Galileo orbiter is prepared for mating with the IUS booster Bottom: The Galileo probe |
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| Organization: | NASA |
| Mission type: | Orbiter, Fly-by |
| Flyby of: | Venus, Earth, 951 Gaspra, 243 Ida |
| Satellite of: | Jupiter |
| Orbital insertion date: | 1995-12-08 |
| Launch date: | 1989-10-18 |
| Launch vehicle: | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch site: | Kennedy Space Center |
| Mission duration: | December 8, 1995 - September 21, 2003 |
| NSSDC ID: | 1989-084B |
| Webpage: | Galileo Project Home Page |
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Galileo was an unmanned NASA spacecraft. It explored the planet Jupiter and its moons. Galileo was launched in 1989 and it arrived at Jupiter in 1995.
Galileo was made up of two parts: an orbiter and a probe. The orbiter went into orbit around the planet on December 8, 1995[1] and went down into Jupiter's atmosphere and was crushed on September 21, 2003.[2] The probe was released from the orbiter on July 13, 1995 and it went towards Jupiter.[1][3] The probe reached Jupiter on December 7, 1995 and went down into the atmosphere.[1][3] It gathered data for 57 minutes until the great atmospheric heat and pressure destroyed the probe.[1][3]
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "NASA: Solar System Exploration: Missions: By Target: Jupiter: Past: Galileo". NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=Galileo&Display=ReadMore. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ↑ "NASA: Solar System Exploration: Galileo Legacy Site". NASA. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galileo/. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Galileo". Encyclopædia Britannica Deluxe Edition. (2005). Encyclopædia Britannica.
