Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On October 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. 'On This Day in Space' Video Series ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 8, 1990, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by Earth on its way to Jupiter. Galileo was the first spacecraft to study Jupiter ...

With another successful Soyuz launch performed to expand the Galileo satellite navigation system, Arianespace today reaffirmed the company’s important role in supporting European governments and ...

Yesterday, members of the media visited ESA-ESTEC, the agency’s European Research and Technology Centre, to see and learn about GIOVE-B, the second Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, before it is ...

On Sept. 21, 2003, NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter and its moons came to an end. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] After 14 years of exploration, the Galileo spacecraft ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – NASA will bring an era in space exploration to an end Thursday, as the Galileo space probe takes one final swing past the major moons of Jupiter before heading for its own ...

In a mission that changed our understanding of gas giants, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made history not just in orbit but also in its dramatic descent into Jupiter’s atmosphere. Launched in October 1989 ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA plans to crash its $1.5 billion Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter next weekend to make sure it doesn't accidentally contaminate the planet's ice-covered moon Europa with ...