Search Doing My Homework Papers

Papers > Science > the

	the
	As alien clouds billow up from chasms of swirling fog, a star streaks across the purple sky, trailing sparks and incandescent debris in its wake. This is the end of Galileo, an ambitious and incredibly successful mission of discovery. Since 1995, the Galileo spacecraft has orbited Jupiter, charting its moons, sampling its magnetic field, and weathering a constant storm of radiation. Even in its last loop around Jupiter, the craft continued to be remarkably productive, with a scientifically surprising flyby of the inner moon Amalthea. The dramatic conclusion to its illustrious mission, slated for September 21, 2003, will culminate with a suicide dive into the jovian clouds. At its launch in 1989, no one anticipated such an end. Long before the 3-ton explorer first swooped past Jupiter's innermost large moon, Io, mission planners knew they faced trouble.

Pre-Written Papers

Custom Papers