Galileo Spacecraft Reaches Jupiter
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: December 7, 1995
Article abstract: Six years after its deployment from the space shuttle Atlantis, the Galileo spacecraft reached its destination, the planet Jupiter.
Fifth Rock from the Sun
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun and the largest planet in the solar system, has intrigued scientists for hundreds of years. Following the invention of the telescope in the seventeenth century, the Italian scientist Galilei Galileo’s observations of the moons of Jupiter changed fundamental assumptions about the universe. In the ensuing centuries, scientists learned that...
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