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Pasadena - Sep 21, 2003 
The US Galileo mission to Jupiter ended Sunday as the spacecraft met its final end in the cloud tops of Jupiter's dense atmosphere. The probe was intentionally destroyed by NASA to prevent any accidental contamination of Jupiter's moon Europa and its underground ocean. |
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Thirty Four Orbits Later Galileo Checks Out By Jove
Pasadena - Sep 19, 2003After orbiting Jupiter 34 times and surviving four times the amount of radiation it was design to withstand, the resilient Galileo spacecraft is finally at the very end of its 14-year mission. To avoid even the most remote possibility of colliding with a pristine moon in the jovian system, the out-of-fuel spacecraft will dive into Jupiter on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003. Scientists Bid Farewell To Galileo 
Cranleigh - Sep 17, 2003One of the most remarkable chapters in the history of planetary exploration will come to end on Sunday 21 September, when NASA's Galileo spacecraft plunges into the dense atmosphere of Jupiter. Lecture Brings Galileo's Travels Into Final Focus 
Pasadena - Sep 17, 2003Just a few days before NASA's Galileo mission makes its grand finale, Dr. Rosaly Lopes, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will discuss the legacy of the mission in two free lectures. "Galileo's Odyssey � The Worlds of Jupiter" will be presented Thursday, Sept. 18, at JPL, and Friday, Sept. 19, at Pasadena City College. Historic Galileo Mission Nears End
Pasadena - Sep 15, 2003Following eight years of capturing dramatic images and surprising science from Jupiter and its moons, NASA's Galileo mission draws to a close September 21 with a plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere. Europan Ice Domes Could Be First Place To Look For Life
Boulder - Sep 03, 2003A new University of Colorado at Boulder study of Jupiter's moon Europa may help explain the origin of the giant ice domes peppering its surface and the implications for discovering evidence of past or present life forms there. A Jovian Load Of New Moons 
Waterloo - Jun 04, 2003So far this year, Jupiter has gained 21 new distant satellites, with the most recent announcement of satellite S/2003 J 21 on June 3rd at the annual Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) meeting in Waterloo (ON). This puts Jupiter far ahead of the all other planets, with 61 known moons. NAI Europa Focus Group Visits Arctic Ice-Field 
Moffett Field - May 20, 2003In early May, the NAI Europa Focus group took a field trip to the Arctic Ocean ice cap at Barrow, Alaska. The trip was planned and led by Professors Ron Greeley of Arizona State University, the Chair of the Europa Focus Group, and Hajo Eicken of the University of Alaska, an expert on ocean ice and on the Barrow region. The conference's objective was to gain direct experience with sea ice and to look for possible analogues with Jupiter's moon Europa and other icy moons in the outer solar system. Rising Storms Revise Story Of Jupiter's Stripes 
San Antonio - Mar 07, 2003Pictures of Jupiter, taken by a NASA spacecraft on its way to Saturn, are flipping at least one long-standing notion about Jupiter upside down. |
Galileo To Taste Jupiter Before Taking Final Plunge
Pasadena - Sep 18, 2003 In the end, the Galileo spacecraft will get a taste of Jupiter before taking a final plunge into the planet's crushing atmosphere, ending the mission on Sunday, Sept. 21. The team expects the spacecraft to transmit a few hours of science data in real time leading up to impact. Galileo's Final Months
Pasadena - Mar 03, 2003As usual for the combination of an aging spacecraft and an intensely energetic environment, Jupiter dealt Galileo a temporarily crippling blow during our flyby of Amalthea on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. Cassini Finds Massive Gas Cloud Surrounding Jupiter 
Laurel - Mar 3, 2003Using a sensitive new imaging instrument on NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers have discovered a large and surprisingly dense gas cloud, sharing an orbit with Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Kitty Hawk To Galileo: A Century Spent Soaring Cloud Nine
Pasadena - Mar 03, 2003The flight team for NASA's Jupiter-orbiting Galileo spacecraft will cease operations on Friday, Feb. 28 after a final playback of scientific data from the robotic explorer's tape recorder. Galileo Back In Operational Mode After Amalthea Standby 
Pasadena - Nov 26, 2002Flight controllers have returned NASA's Galileo spacecraft to normal operation after the spacecraft put itself into a precautionary standby mode about 16 minutes after flying near Jupiter's inner moon Amalthea on Nov. 5. Keck Watches Io Adapt 
Berkeley - Nov 14, 2002Routine monitoring of volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io, now possible through advanced adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope in Hawaii, has turned up the largest eruption to date on Io's surface or in the solar system. Galileo Flirts With Amalthea But Zapped By Jupiter On The Final Pass 
Pasadena - Nov 12, 2002NASA's long-lived Galileo spacecraft achieved partial success in a dash through Jupiter's inner radiation belts and past the small moon Amalthea on Nov 4, its final flyby before a deliberate impact into Jupiter next September. Dark Rings By Jove
Huntsville - Nov 11, 2002In 1974, NASA's Pioneer 11 spacecraft plunged through the rings of Jupiter. And no one noticed. Jupiter's dark rings--as wide as Saturn's yet nearly invisible--hadn't been discovered yet. Indeed, it wasn't until five years later that cameras onboard Voyager 1 caught sight of them for the first time. On Mar. 5, 1979, the spacecraft swung behind Jupiter, and from inside the planet's shadow the faintly sunlit rings were visible--but just barely. |
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