Document Type
Encyclopedia Entry
Publication Date
2006
Publication Source
Science and Scientists
Abstract
The Galileo mission to Jupiter was formally approved by the United States Congress in 1977, several years before the space shuttle Columbia made its maiden flight into Earth orbit. The mission was a cooperative project involving scientists and engineers from the United States, Germany, Canada, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Spain, and Australia. Even though the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft had performed flybys of planet Jupiter and its sixteen moons in 1979, the Galileo mission was envisioned to initiate several novel observations of Jupiter, the most massive gas planet of the solar system, and its principal moons, and conduct exclusive, often in situ, experiments on their fascinating environments.
Inclusive pages
350-355
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-58765-303-2
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2006, Salem Press
Publisher
Salem Press
Place of Publication
Pasadena, CA
Volume
1
eCommons Citation
Chatterjee, Monish Ranjan, "Galileo Probe" (2006). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 401.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ece_fac_pub/401
Included in
Aerospace Engineering Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons
Comments
Used with permission of EBSCO Information Services, Ipswich, MA. Permission documentation is on file.