Galileo probe released for December plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere.
Three small springs pushed a 747-pound conical probe away from the Galileo Jupiter spacecraft right on time early last Thursday, setting up a Dec. 7 plunge into the cloudtops of the gas giant that should produce the first scientific measurements of the planet's atmosphere ever made. NASA's Jet...
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