Galileo Mission to Jupiter by CHRISTINE ROZAL https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea en-us 2019-04-12 08:13:08 UTC 2025-10-27 22:47:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Small Probe of Mission 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073095 During the trip to Jupiter, Galileo carried a small probe, which first sampled the outer planet's atmosphere. Temperature, pressure, chemical composition, cloud characteristics, sunlight and energy internal to the planet, and lightning were measured by this small probe. Unfortunately on December 7, 1995, the small-scale probe that was brought by the spacecraft was demolished due to the severe surroundings deep within when it was moving down into the atmosphere of Jupiter.]]> 2019-04-12 08:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073095 Main Goal of the Mission 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073196 The purpose of this mission was to study Jupiter and its surrounding  moons, but numerous amounts of discoveries were made along the way. ]]> 2019-04-12 08:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073196 Launch Date & End Date 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073290 October 18, 1989 12:53 p.m. EDT- 
September 21, 2003
]]> 2019-04-12 08:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073290 Launch Location 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073424 Kennedy Space Center, Florida]]> 2019-04-12 08:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073424 Number of People Who Worked on the Mission 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073678 More than 800 people worked on this mission alone.]]> 2019-04-12 08:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073678 Type of Spacecraft 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073849 Orbiter]]> 2019-04-12 08:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073849 Number of Jupiter Orbits 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073900 34]]> 2019-04-12 08:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073900 Distance Traveled by Spacecraft 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073990 2.8 billion mi (4.6 billion km)]]> 2019-04-12 08:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351073990 Summary of Galileo Mission to Jupiter 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351074348 2019-04-12 08:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351074348 February 10, 1990 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351074788 Galileo flew past by Venus at an elevation of 10,000 miles or approximately 16,000 kilometers.]]> 2019-04-12 08:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351074788 December 8, 1990 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351075847 Galileo first flew by Earth at an elevation of 597 miles (960 kilometers). This orbiter used the gravitational pull of Earth to gain speed for the trip to Jupiter.]]> 2019-04-12 08:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351075847 October 29, 1991 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351076862 Galileo was the spacecraft that first flew by an asteroid, whose name was Gaspra, at a distance of 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers).]]> 2019-04-12 08:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351076862 August 28, 1993 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351077353 The spacecraft became the first to find an asteroid’s moon, which was Dactyl, orbiting an asteroid, whose name was Ida.]]> 2019-04-12 08:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351077353 July 22, 1994 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351078593  The orbiter observed pieces of a comet that impacted Jupiter, which was Comet Shoemaker Levy-9, while on its way to Jupiter.]]> 2019-04-12 08:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351078593 December 7, 1995 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351079466 At last, Galileo arrived at the orbit of Jupiter.]]> 2019-04-12 08:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351079466 September 7, 1996 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351080489 On the moon of Europa, which is one of Jupiter's largest moons, a breaking discovery was made that there was a possible existence of ocean water beneath the icebound crust of the moon. ]]> 2019-04-12 08:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351080489 September 19, 1997 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351081703 On the moon, Io, a discovery was made that the surface was constantly and briskly resurfacing due to volcanic activity.]]> 2019-04-12 09:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351081703 Discovery on Ganymede 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351083575 The magnetic field of Jupiter's other moons, Ganymede, was discovered by Galileo]]> 2019-04-12 09:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351083575 September 21, 2003 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351086861 When Galileo was ordered to descend into the atmosphere of Jupiter, it was destroyed intentionally in order to protect the discovery made on Europa.]]> 2019-04-12 09:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351086861 Sources 1103610 https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351095272 2019-04-12 10:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1103610/4iuqb977z1ea/wish/351095272