"Flawless" Galileo main engine firing sets up Jupiter encounter
The German-built main engine on the Galileo spacecraft ignited for a "flawless" five-minute burn early yesterday, setting up a gravitational ballet with Jupiter that will position the spacecraft to collect up to 75 minutes of data as its atmospheric probe parachutes into the planet's clouds on Dec...
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