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NASA Image eXchange Collection
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NASA Image eXchange Collection
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STS-34 Galileo probe processing at KSC's SAEF-2 planetary spacecraft facility
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STS-34 Galileo probe processing at KSC's SAEF-2 planetary spacecraft facility
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At the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Spacecraft and Assembly Encapsulation Facility 2 (SAEF-2), the planetary spacecraft checkout facility, technicians from the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) and Hughes Aircraft Company prepare the 737-pound Galileo Jovian atmospheric probe for final assembly following its arrival 04-17-89. The entire Galileo assembly will also include a 5870-pound spacecraft, and an inertial upper stage (IUS) booster. Galileo is scheduled for launch aboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, on Space Shuttle Mission STS-34 in October 1989. After an initial boost from the IUS, Galileo will require a triple gravity assist from Venus and Earth to reach Jupiter in 1995. This complex trajectory will allow the first close flyby of two asteroids. Approaching Jupiter, the probe will separate from the spacecraft to provide the first direct sampling of the Jovian atmosphere. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter ten times, yielding the first extended observations of the planet, i
Description
At the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Spacecraft and Assembly Encapsulation Facility 2 (SAEF-2), the planetary spacecraft checkout facility, technicians from the NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) and Hughes Aircraft Company prepare the 737-pound Galileo Jovian atmospheric probe for final assembly following its arrival 04-17-89. The entire Galileo assembly will also include a 5870-pound spacecraft, and an inertial upper stage (IUS) booster. Galileo is scheduled for launch aboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, on Space Shuttle Mission STS-34 in October 1989. After an initial boost from the IUS, Galileo will require a triple gravity assist from Venus and Earth to reach Jupiter in 1995. This complex trajectory will allow the first close flyby of two asteroids. Approaching Jupiter, the probe will separate from the spacecraft to provide the first direct sampling of the Jovian atmosphere. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter ten times, yielding the first extended observations of the planet, i
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06.08.1989
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Earth
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Earth
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Galileo
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Galileo
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Venus
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Venus
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Galileo Probe
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Galileo Probe
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Venus
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Venus
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Ames Research Center (ARC)
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Ames Research Center (ARC)
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1995
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1995
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October 1989
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October 1989
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04-17-89
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04-17-89
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06-08-1989
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06-08-1989
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1995
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1995
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1989
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1989
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IMAGE
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S89-36108
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SPD-NIX-S89-36108
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SPD-NIX-S89-36108
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