From 1995 to 2003.
Galileo was the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter.
The Viking Space Probes did not go to Jupiter. They were used to explore Mars.
Galileo
No, Galileo has been the only probe to actually orbit Jupiter.
yes
Jupiter ;)
the galileo, however it was destroyed in 2003 and a new spacecraft will be sent out in 2011
The Galileo spacecraft was launched to Jupiter to study it and its moons, and reached it on December 7th 1995. It orbited Jupiter and took measurements of its moon via flybys till September 21, 2003. It did not land anywhere, it orbited Jupiter for the entire time, until it was decommissioned and flew into Jupiter, where it was destroyed.
The spacecraft deployed in 1989 to study Jupiter was the Galileo spacecraft. It arrived at Jupiter in 1995 and carried out extensive investigations of the planet and its moons until it was intentionally crashed into Jupiter in 2003 to eliminate any potential contamination of its moons.
Despite antenna problems, Galileo conducted the first asteroid flyby, discovered the first asteroid moon, was the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter, and launched the first probe into Jupiter's atmosphere.
He Explored Jupiter and its moons
Yes, the Galileo spacecraft sent a probe down into the atmosphere of Jupiter in 1995.