Galileo Gets 2 More Years At Jupiter

Deglr6328 writes "The Galileo space probe, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 1995, has received it's third and final mission extension from NASA. Galileo will remain in the Jovian system for 2 more years and 5 orbits studying Callisto, Io and Amalthea, then the spacecraft will take an elongated loop away from Jupiter and head back for a direct impact and burn in Jupiter's atmosphere. The extension will cost $9 million and was approved by the National Academy of Sciences which originally had concerns about it potentially contaminating Europa."