Shake-up planned for Galileo as it steals quietly past Earth and on to Jupiter

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The failure of the Galileo space probe's radio antenna to completely unfurl has drastically reduced the capacity of the probe to transmit data, and has forced researchers to curtail their projects. Engineers will attempt to free the antenna when the probe passes near Earth on Dec 29, 1992 but are prepared to rely on its smaller, low-gain antenna when the probe passes Jupiter in Dec 1995. At best, this antenna will be able to transmit at less than one percent of the rate that the larger one was designed to do.

Management, Product defects and recalls, Space probes, Space flight to Jupiter, Jupiter flights

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A few (million) dollars more can keep Galileo exploring

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Extension for the Jupiter mission of the US Galileo spacecraft enables a detailed study of the planet's moons Europa and Io. Spacecraft managers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration propose a two year extension of the project. The extra fly-bys offer an improved image resolution of the volcanic moon Io and the icy moon Europa. Europa is believed to have liquid water or warm ice under the moon's outer crust. Finance appears to be the only hurdle in the path of the extension of the project.

Usage, Finance, Europa (Satellite), Spacecraft, Satellites, Space vehicles, Jovian satellites, Io (Satellite)

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Galileo 'will still meet most scientific goals.'(NASA's Galileo space mission to Jupiter)

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Administrators of NASA's Galileo Project are confident that the spacecraft will fulfill most of its assignments despite the reported malfunctioning of its onboard tape recorder. The Galileo spacecraft enters the Jovian clouds on Dec. 7, 1995. The contingency plans to retrieve information from Galileo and the implications following the tape recorder's failure are discussed.

Reports, Discovery and exploration, Jupiter (Planet), Planets

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