For the last eight years, Galileo has been sending back breathtaking pictures of Jupiter and its moons. The spacecraft's look at the icy surface of Europa — one of more than 60 moons — showed ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian ...

Galileo spacecraft closing in for death plunge to Jupiter / 3 billion-mile, 14-year trek to meet fiery climax Sunday By David Perlman , Chronicle Science Editor Sep 20, 2003 ...

The camera aboard Galileo will snap the last pictures of its 13-year mission Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, when the probe makes its closest pass yet to Io. (AP Photo/NASA, File) ...

On the night of Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his new telescope on the planet Jupiter for the first time, ... [Rare Photos: Jupiter's Triple-Moon Conjunction in Pictures] ...

One of Pioneer 11’s first photos is of Jupiter and its north pole. ... It shows the planet and Io, its smallest and closest Galilean moon (named so since Galileo discovered four of them).

The process has led to a trove of stunning photos of Jupiter, unlike anything other space missions have ever produced. The detail is stunning. ... Galileo, and Voyager missions.

LOS ANGELES -- Since 1989, the camera on NASA's Galileo spacecraft has captured a comet slamming into Jupiter, volcanoes erupting on one of its moons and the first known moon ...

First discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, Ganymede is one of the gas giant Jupiter's 79 moons. At 3,270 miles (5,260 km) wide, Ganymede is larger than the planet Mercury and the only moon in ...

Galileo Dives Into Jupiter. By Rome Neal. September 21, 2003 / 4:48 PM EDT / CBS At 3:39 ET, the Galileo spacecraft will commit a sort of celestial suicide ...