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21/09/2020

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The Galileo project

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A mission to study the planet Jupiter finally came to an end on 21st September 2003

A mission to study the planet Jupiter finally came to an end on 21st September 2003.

The Galileo mission to examine the planet Jupiter had its beginnings in the 1970s. It finally came to an end on 21st September 2003. Professor Fred Taylor is one of the few scientists who worked on it from start to finish and he has been telling Dan Whitworth about some of the highs and lows of the project.

Photo: The Galileo Jupiter probe being tested before launch. Credit:Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images

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