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Galileo to Jupiter

Galileo was the first spacecraft to enter orbit around an outer planet. It arrived at Jupiter in December 1995. It dropped a probe into Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere, then observed Jupiter and its moons for seven more years. Its mission ended when it was intentionally crashed into Jupiter. Galileo’s success was limited by a failed radio antenna that reduced the amount of data it could transmit to Earth.

Jupiter’s Moons

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Jupiter

As the Great Red Spot demonstrates, Jupiter is a world of superlatives. It is the largest planet in the solar

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Explorations of Outer Planets

Voyager images (clockwise from top left) of Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and NeptuneVoyager 1 and 2 conducted a “grand tour” of

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