Galileo was an American robotic space probe, launched by NASA on October 18, 1989, that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Consisting of an orbiter and an atmospheric entry probe, it arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995 after gravity assist flybys of Venus and Earth, and became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet.
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Mission Type OutcomeSuccessful Jupiter orbital mission; the spacecraft was intentionally destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere on September 21, 2003 to prevent contamination of Jupiter's moons. 1 Mission Type
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became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet
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intentionally destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere on September 21, 2003 to prevent it from contaminating any of Jupiter's moons
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Jupiter orbiter
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September 21, 2003, 18:57:18 UTC
Spacecraft Of: Galileo, Galileo (spacecraft) article, lead section (mission link)
Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.
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