Galileo’s Parting Shot at Io [zz]# Astronomy - 天文
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An aging spacecraft has its final hurrah.
by Richard Talcott
Having absorbed more than three times the radiation it was designed to, the
Galileo spacecraft seems to experience more bad days than good. But for one
glorious stretch last October, Galileo performed flawlessly as it swept past
Jupiter’s moon Io. Planetary scientists presented the latest findings gleaned
from this flyby on Thursday to their colleagues at the 33rd Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas.
Rosaly Lopes o
by Richard Talcott
Having absorbed more than three times the radiation it was designed to, the
Galileo spacecraft seems to experience more bad days than good. But for one
glorious stretch last October, Galileo performed flawlessly as it swept past
Jupiter’s moon Io. Planetary scientists presented the latest findings gleaned
from this flyby on Thursday to their colleagues at the 33rd Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas.
Rosaly Lopes o