Galileo By: Eric Nguyen Daryien Golden

Spacecraft • Named after: Galileo

Galilei• Weight: 2,223 kg • Height: 5.3 meters • Built By: Jet

Propulsion Laboratory• Contains six

instruments that gathered data from many different directions

Mission• Launch Date: Oct. 18,

1989• Mission Termination:

Sept. 21, 2003• Launched by: Space

Shuttle Atlas on the STS-34 mission

• Mission: Study Jupiter and its moons, as well as other solar system bodies.

• Prime mission: Two year study of the Jovian system

Results• Achieved first asteroid

flyby of 951 Gaspra• Discovered first asteroid

moon, Dactyl• Recorded Jupiter’s

atmospheric composition and ammonia clouds

• Supported the theory that liquid oceans exist under Europa's icy surface

• Identified the global structure and dynamics of a giant planet's magnetosphere

Results

Results

End of Mission•Causes:

Jupiter’s intense radiationlow fuel supply

•To prevent contamination of Jupiter’s moons

•Intentionally commanded to crash into Jupiter