Discover how NASA's Galileo spacecraft mapped Jupiter's moon Io, revealing volcanic activity that exceeds 1,000°C and uncovering one of the solar system’s most extraordinary geological landscapes.

Recent examinations of historical Galileo data have uncovered ammonia compounds near the surface fractures of Europa. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Galileo spacecraft missed taking images on its final pass of Jupiter's moon Io on Jan. 17 (AW&ST Jan. 7, p. 61). The spacecraft detected a computer reset and automatically went into a standby mode ...

A damaged data recorder aboard NASA’s Galileo space probe has finally been reactivated, allowing scientists to retrieve the secrets of the craft’s final mission. The tape recorder was damaged when ...