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Space science reviews volume on Galileo Mission overview

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The Galileo Mission is an extremely complex undertaking. This paper provides a brief historical overview, a discussion of broad scientific objectives, and a description of the spacecraft and trajectory characteristics.

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 91109, Pasadena, CA, USA

    T. V. Johnson & C. M. Yeates

  2. NASA Ames Research Center, 94035, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    R. Young

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Johnson, T.V., Yeates, C.M. & Young, R. Space science reviews volume on Galileo Mission overview. Space Sci Rev 60, 3–21 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216848

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