#galileo probe

[notpetrova]

HAPPY GAY MONTH EVERYONE

THEY ARE ALL GAY!!!! GAYGAYA GAYGAY GAYAGY GAY

[lonestarflight]

"Eight days after its encounter with the Earth, the Galileo spacecraft was able to look back and capture this remarkable view of the moon in orbit about the Earth, taken from a distance of about 6.2 million kilometers, or 3.9 million miles, on December 16."

Date: December 16, 1992

NASA ID: KSC-92PC-2624

[tolbachik-art]

My step-brother is graduating from high school soon, so I wanted to make him a little present. He had said Jupiter was his favorite, so I decided to set up a little scene for him as congratulations for all his hard work!

Apart from Amalthea, Io is visible towards the right limb of Jupiter, and Callisto is visible on the far left just a bit above Amalthea's landscape.

[70sscifiart]

Vincent Di Fate, “Galileo Probe,” 1979, for Our Universe

[chibinotan]

Jupiter’s Entry Point

[nativeofvenus]

[humanoidhistory]

Planet Venus, imaged by NASA’s Galileo probe during a flyby in 1990.

[lonestarflight]

"Line drawing charts the Galileo spacecraft's launch from low Earth orbit and its three planetary and two asteroid encounters in the course of its gravity-assisted flight to Jupiter. These encounters include Venus (February 1990), two Earth passes (December 1990 and December 1992), and the asteroids Gaspra and Ida in the asteroid belt. Galileo will release a probe and will arrive at Jupiter, 12-07-95."

Date: September 11, 1989

NASA ID: S89-44173