HYIP-Man: NASA Image of the Day: Launching the Galileo Mission
Thursday, October 18, 2018
NASA Image of the Day: Launching the Galileo Mission
Launching the Galileo Mission
On Oct. 18, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis deployed NASA's Galileo spacecraft six hours, 30 minutes into the STS-34 mission. Galileo arrived at Jupiter in December, 1995 and spent eight years in orbit around the gas giant, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet.

October 18, 2018
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