On November 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft was almost out of fuel. But the Jupiter mission still had some science to do. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com Galileo flew by a ...

Clipper isn’t the first mission to explore the icy moon. The Galileo probe flew past it in the 1990s, confirming scientists’ hopes that the moon was more than the quiet rocky ball orbiting Earth.

On October 29, 1991, the Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Gaspra on its way to Jupiter. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

Long, sinuous fissures and ridges crisscross Europa in this color composite view from NASA’s Galileo probe, hinting at deeper geological activity that has cracked and jumbled the icy moon’s ...

The Galileo probe discovered a signature that Europa hides a watery ocean below its icy sheen. But concepts for a dedicated Europa mission had trouble gaining political momentum, and for the last ...

Credit: NASA Europa's surface as captured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Credit: NASA Then, in the 1990s, NASA's Galileo mission captured legendary views of Europa's chaotic, ridged surface ...

Planetary scientists have grown increasingly certain that Europa hosts a subsurface ocean ever since NASA’s Galileo spacecraft visited Jupiter in the 1990s (SN: 2/18/02). “During the Galileo ...

To take the guided tour of Europa, visit trek.nasa.gov/europa, click on the "hamburger" icon on the top left of the screen, ...

Europa, one of the four large moons of Jupiter first seen by Galileo 414 years ago ... NASA is poised to send a jumbo robotic probe called the Europa Clipper to see if the icy moon has the ...

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft had repeated flybys of the moon during the 1990s, passing as close as 124 miles. Still in action around Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has added to Europa’s photo ...

The Voyagers provided the first detailed photos of Europa but from quite a distance. NASA’s Galileo spacecraft had repeated flybys of the moon during the 1990s, passing as close as 124 miles. Still in ...