Juno (spacecraft)
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Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on
Juno in launch configuration
Juno awaiting its launch in 2011
Atlas V on launch pad
Lift-off
Galileo (spacecraft)
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Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, it consisted of
Juno (spacecraft)
…distribution, and its deep winds, which can reach speeds up to 620 km/h (390 mph). Juno is the second spacecraft to orbit Jupiter, after the RTG-powered Galileo orbiter, which orbited from 1995 to 2003. Unlike all earlier spacecraft sent to the outer Solar System and beyond—which used radioisotope thermoelectric…
Artist's concept of Galileo at Io with Jupiter in the background. In reality, the high-gain foldable antenna failed to deploy in flight.
Diagram of the atmospheric entry probe's instruments and subsystems
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), Galileo is prepared for mating with the Inertial Upper Stage booster.
Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-34, carrying Galileo into Earth orbit