... This picture was snapped by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 - the only spacecraft ever to visit Uranus. ... This picture in visible light was taken by the Galileo spacecraft. ... Mercury: Closest Planet to the Sun . ... Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California. ... Space Shuttle Challenger jumps off the launch pad in 1985 to begin a successful mission. ... Space Shuttle Discovery launches while the Space Shuttle Columbia is readied for a future mission. ...

... June 27, 1996 . Voyager's Preview of Galileo at Ganymede . Credit: Voyager Project , JPL , and NASA . Explanation: NASA's robot spacecraft Galileo began its long voyage to Jupiter in October of 1989. ... Now in orbit around Jupiter , Galileo will make its first close flyby of Ganymede, Jupiter's (and the solar system's) largest moon at 2:29 a.m. EDT. ... This close-up color image from the Voyager 2 flyby in 1979 previews sights Galileo will see in greater detail. ... About APOD | ...

... Galileo Probe . The Galileo spacecraft was designed to study Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and surrounding magnetosphere for two years. ... From there, Galileo will spend more than five years traveling to Jupiter, where it will become the first spacecraft to make direct measurements from an instrumented probe within Jupiter's atmosphere. ... This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the predicted site at which the Galileo Probe will enter Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7, 1995. ...

... En el verano de 1994, la noticia m s importante en astronom a fue la colisi n del cometa Shoemaker-Levy 9 con J piter. Durante este a o escolar, J piter estar de nuevo a la vista del p blico con la llegada de la nave espacial Galileo (vea la figura 8). ... Galileo. ... Si usted pens que las fotograf as de J piter tomadas por Voyager eran bellas, espere a ver las de Galileo , que ser n tomadas con una c mara de m s alta definici n y desde un punto de vista m s cercano. ... J piter. ...

... Galileo Probe . The Galileo spacecraft was designed to study Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and surrounding magnetosphere for two years. ... From there, Galileo will spend more than five years traveling to Jupiter, where it will become the first spacecraft to make direct measurements from an instrumented probe within Jupiter's atmosphere. ... This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the predicted site at which the Galileo Probe will enter Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7, 1995. ...

... Eileen Marie Collins (Colonel, USAF, RET.) ... SPECIAL HONORS: Defense Superior Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury, October 1983), French Legion of Honor, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Space Flight Medals, Free Spirit Award, and the National Space...