The Galileo spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter and its moons for the past eight years, will be deliberately destroyed later this month to safeguard that region of space from earthly ...

What may have passed by the uninitiated as a fairly mundane budgetary review from the European Parliament’s Budgetary Committee was in fact the latest round in a tussle between institutional and ...

NASA scientists are awaiting the destruction of the Galileo space probe, which they hope will beam back vital data before it is destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere on Sunday. One measurement NASA is ...

The Galileo spacecraft has kicked itself onto a new path that puts it right on target for an orbit around Jupiter while a smaller companion dives into the planet’s atmosphere. Galileo blasted its main ...

NASA technicians are setting the agency's Galileo spacecraft on its final path as they aim the eight-year mission onto a collision course with the planet Jupiter. Galileo, which has captured ...