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| Foreword to the Original Edition | ||
| Foreword to the English Edition | ||
| Ch. 1 | The Long Journey to Jupiter | 1 |
| December 7, 1995: Rendez-vous with a Giant | 1 | |
| The King of Planets Has Always Beckoned | 6 | |
| The First Pioneers | 9 | |
| The Voyagers' "Grand Tour" | 17 | |
| From an Idea to a Billion-Dollar Spacecraft | 38 | |
| Ch. 2 | Discoveries Under Way | 51 |
| The Trip to Venus | 51 | |
| The Mission Begins | 55 | |
| "Cruising" to Venus and Back | 66 | |
| Learning About Earth's Sister Planet | 68 | |
| Return to Earth | 73 | |
| Is There Life on Earth? | 77 | |
| The Darkest Hour | 82 | |
| Gaspra: The First Encounter with an Asteroid | 86 | |
| Scenarios for Living Without the Main Antenna | 95 | |
| Off to Jupiter! | 97 | |
| The Second Return to Earth | 99 | |
| The Second Asteroid: Ida and Its Little Moon | 103 | |
| Front-Row Seats for the Comet Crash | 108 | |
| Ch. 3 | Arrival and the Atmospheric Probe | 113 |
| Four Hundred Years of Jupiter Research | 113 | |
| Finally There: The Task of the Atmospheric Probe | 120 | |
| Arrival Day | 124 | |
| The Hour of Truth | 128 | |
| Analysis | 132 | |
| The Cruise Begins | 138 | |
| Ch. 4 | Looping from Moon to Moon | 143 |
| anymede: A Ball of Ice with Furrows and a Magnetic Field | 143 | |
| Deciphering Jupiter's Colorful Clouds | 158 | |
| An Ocean Under Europa's Icy Crust? | 171 | |
| Beyond the Visible: Jupiter's Powerful Magnetosphere | 205 | |
| Io the Miracle Moon: Endless Volcanic Activity | 221 | |
| Even More: A Ring, Mini-Moons, and Dust Streams | 232 | |
| Callisto the Outsider | 246 | |
| Jupiter and the Four Galilean Moons - A Planetary System in Miniature | 252 | |
| Ch. 5 | What the Future Holds in Store | 263 |
| Galileo Flies On | 263 | |
| Another Mission Extension - and Another One! | 266 | |
| Beyond Galileo: Keeping Our Sights on Europa | 271 | |
| The Future Has Begun: Cassini on the Way to Saturn | 276 | |
| Timeline | 287 | |
| Keep Up to Date! | 293 | |
| Index | 303 |
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Peter Renskoff
reviewed Mission Jupiter: The Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft on July 10, 2019 Mission Jupiter: The Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft
Clearly written so that just about any layperson can comprehend the magnificent journey of the Galileo spacecraft and appreciate the astounding scientific advancements made possible by this Deep Space voyager. Another must read.
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Add Mission Jupiter: The Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft, In this exciting story of the Galileo mission to investigate Jupiter, noted astronomer Daniel Fischer weaves together the many disparate facts learned about this most fascinating planet and its satellites. Fischer tells the entire story of Galileo: a, Mission Jupiter: The Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Mission Jupiter: The Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft, In this exciting story of the Galileo mission to investigate Jupiter, noted astronomer Daniel Fischer weaves together the many disparate facts learned about this most fascinating planet and its satellites. Fischer tells the entire story of Galileo: a, Mission Jupiter: The Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft to your collection on WonderClub |
