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Launching
Galileo was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center. -
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Galileo
Galileo was launched towards Jupiter. NASA thought they had seen a frozen lake on one of it's moons. -
Venus
Galileo passed by Venus, taking amazing pictures of the earth anf moon togather as one from another planet might view us. -
Back On Earth
Galileo orbited around earth for a short while 980 km away! -
Shoes?
In 1994, Galileo was positioned to watch the parts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crash into Jupiter. -
Probing
Galileo released a probe into Jupiter's stoming atmosphere. -
Jupiter At Last
Arrived at Jupiter. -
Details, Details
At launch, the spacecraft and probe together wieghed almost six-thousand pounds, about as much as two sport utility vehicles. Galileo is over twenty feet tall. The spacecraft is a "dual-spin" design --- a controlled spin keeps Galileo stable. One section of the spacecraft rotates at 3rpm. On this section, six instruments gather data from all different directions. -
Mission Possible
Galileo Began it's true mission, a two year study of Jupiter and it's moons. -
MORE!
Galileo was cabable of much more, so it was given an extended mission. For a few more orbits, it focused on Jupiter and two of it's moons, Lo and Europa. -
Jupiter's Secret
Galileo purposely destroyed itself to protect one of its own discoveries - a possible sea underneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon, Europa.
