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 ...

Photos of Venus and its clouds taken during Galileo flyby. Image credit: NASA/JPL When it arrived at the gas giant in 1995, Galileo became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet.

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) ...

Galileo has made 30 previous flybys of Jupiter's large moons, including seven of Callisto. Before reaching Jupiter, it made close passes of Venus, Earth and two asteroids.

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 ...

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 orbiting an asteroid ...

On this date, Jan. 7, 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant stars, Galileo’s repeated ...

Depiction of Galileo’s arrival at Jupiter in 1995. NASA. Now, 13 years after its launch, the mission is winding down. During several flybys of Io, ...

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 ...