IN DECEMBER 1995 , the Galileo spacecraft finally arrived at the planet Jupiter.More than six years after it had been launched by NASA , the space craft 's atmospheric probe ,which had separated from the orbiter four months earlier , plunge through the gas giant's intense radiation belts and deep into its atmosphere ,
The on board electronic systems had to be heavily shielded to protect them against the radiation and temperature twice as hot the sun's surface.As the probe parachuted into Jupiter's atmosphere, pulled in by the enormous gravity, the orbiter passed closed to the planet , receiving and storing information for later relay back to Earth.This was just the start of the Galileo mission -since 1995, the orbiter has been circling the Jupiter and recording information about the weather and its planet- sized moons.Before arriving at Jupiter,Galileo photographed the impact of comet p/shoemaker levy-9 with Jupiter, the largest explosion ever seen in the Solar System.More recently , the spacecraft has photographed volcanic activity on the moon Io, and found evidence of water beneath the icy crust of another moon,Europs.
GALILEO'S JOURNEY. As it begin its six year flight Galileo moved away from Earth towards Venus then doubled back using the gravitational fields of Venus and Earth to propel it towards Jupiter.
GALIEO SPACE CRAFT
The on board electronic systems had to be heavily shielded to protect them against the radiation and temperature twice as hot the sun's surface.As the probe parachuted into Jupiter's atmosphere, pulled in by the enormous gravity, the orbiter passed closed to the planet , receiving and storing information for later relay back to Earth.This was just the start of the Galileo mission -since 1995, the orbiter has been circling the Jupiter and recording information about the weather and its planet- sized moons.Before arriving at Jupiter,Galileo photographed the impact of comet p/shoemaker levy-9 with Jupiter, the largest explosion ever seen in the Solar System.More recently , the spacecraft has photographed volcanic activity on the moon Io, and found evidence of water beneath the icy crust of another moon,Europs.
GALILEO'S JOURNEY. As it begin its six year flight Galileo moved away from Earth towards Venus then doubled back using the gravitational fields of Venus and Earth to propel it towards Jupiter.
GALIEO SPACE CRAFT
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