X1014340617-00282-63347</DOCNO> NASA K-12 Internet: Online from Jupiter 97 -- Mission Overview Mission Overview Launched in 1989, the Galileo spacecraft (named after the Italian Renaissance scientist who discovered Jupiter's major moons in 1610 with the first astronomical telescope) arrived at Jupiter on December 7, 1995, when it fired its main engine for a successful orbit capture around Jupiter.
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named discovered arrived fired
after the Italian Renaissance scientist
Jupiter's major moons T:in 1610
at Jupiter T:on December 7, 1995 T:when it fired its main engine for a successful orbit capture around Jupiter
its main engine for a successful orbit capture around Jupiter