Galileo was an unmanned spacecraft designed to study Jupiter and its moons. On 13 July 1995, the Galileo Orbiter and the probe separated for the latter to penetrate Jupiter's atmosphere. Its scientific objectives included measuring Jupiter's temperature, chemical composition and its atmospheric pressure structure. The probe entered Jupiter's atmosphere on 7 December 1995.
It was hard to get there
6 yrs, 2 mos.
It took the Galileo spacecraft about six years to reach Jupiter from Earth.
Launched in 1989, Galileo finally reached Jupiter on December 7, 1995
Galileo did NOT discover Jupiter; just Jupiter's 4 largest moons.
The Viking Space Probes did not go to Jupiter. They were used to explore Mars.
1610.
No, Galileo has been the only probe to actually orbit Jupiter.
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti d'e Galilei. He found them with his refracting telescope in the year 1600's
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The Galileo spacecraft used a gravity-assist trajectory to reach Jupiter. This involved slingshot maneuvers around Venus and Earth to gain the necessary velocity to reach the outer solar system.
Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter in 1610.