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Galileo - What's New

September 30, 1996

• New image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot!
• Check out the new and improved section about the Galileo Spacecraft.

September 29, 1996

• The Amalthea Fact Sheet is now available. Amalthea was one of the moons that Galileo took images on during the Ganymede 2 encounter in September 1996.

September 28, 1996

• The Galileo team would like to congratulate Shannon Lucid on her record-breaking space flight and welcome her back to Earth. Shannon Lucid was a member of the STS-34 crew that launched the Galileo spacecraft towards Jupiter in 1989.

September 27, 1996

• New image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot!
• Check out the new and improved Galileo Mission home page.

September 26, 1996

• Galileo Status Report (September 26, 1996): Tape playback continues, no problems with radio receiver, NIMS problem probably due to Jupiter radiation.
• New image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot!
• Check out our new Welcome page with pointers and tips on how to navigate through the Galileo home page.

September 25, 1996

• New Ganymede Temperature Map!
• Need help in running MPEG, Quicktime or AVI animations? This home page will help you setup your browser.

September 24, 1996

• New Images of Io!

September 23, 1996

• Galileo WWW Update Online!
• New Animation of Jupiter's Great Red Spot!

September 20, 1996

• Jupiter's Great Red Spot - 6-image mosaic (Violet filter)

September 19, 1996

• Jupiter's Great Red Spot - 6th frame of 6 frame mosaic (Violet filter)

September 18, 1996

• Jupiter's Great Red Spot - 5th frame of 6 frame mosaic (Violet filter)

September 17, 1996

• Jupiter's Great Red Spot - 4th frame of 6 frame mosaic (Violet filter)

September 16, 1996

• Jupiter's Great Red Spot - 3nd frame of 6 frame mosaic (Violet filter)
• Galileo Status Report (September 16, 1996)
  Tape playback continues, new anomaly with the spacecraft radio receiver, NIMS software, reloaded, PPR filter wheel still stuck.

September 14, 1996

• The Galileo Ultraviolet Spectrometer Team have released their own home page!

September 13, 1996

• Jupiter's Great Red Spot - 2nd frame of 6 frame mosaic (Violet filter)

September 12, 1996

• Jupiter's Great Red Spot - 1st frame of 6 frame mosaic (Violet filter)

September 11, 1996

• New Galileo Frequently Asked Questions!
• Image of Three Surface Changes on Io
• The following new Ganymede animations are now available in Quicktime format:
  • Computer Simulation of the Galileo Flyby of Ganymede on September 6, 1996
    
    • Quicktime - 3.8 MB, 640x480 resolution
    • Quicktime - 1.9 MB, 320x200 resolution
  • Another Computer Simulation of the Galileo Flyby of Ganymede on September 6, 1996
    
    • Quicktime - 2.1 MB, 640x480 resolution
    • Quicktime - 1.4 MB, 320x200 resolution
  • Overhead View of the Galileo Flyby of Ganymede on September 6, 1996
    
    • Quicktime - 2.0 MB, 640x480 resolution
    • Quicktime - 1.4 MB, 320x200 resolution

September 10, 1996

• Today on Galileo - Plasma sheet crossing
• Image of Surface Changes on Io

September 9, 1996

• Image of Resurfacing of the Jupiter-facing hemisphere of Io
• Today on Galileo - Callisto Observations, Orbit Trim Maneuver

September 6, 1996

• Galileo Status Report (September 6, 1996)
  Ganymede Flyby is Successful!
• Today on Galileo - Ganymede-2 closest approach!
• New 6-Image Mosaic of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
• The following new Ganymede animations are now available:
  • Computer Simulation of the Galileo Flyby of Ganymede on September 6, 1996
    
    • MPEG - 1.5 MB, 640x480 resoultion
    • MPEG - 634K, 320x200 resolution
  • Another Computer Simulation of the Galileo Flyby of Ganymede on September 6, 1996
    
    • MPEG - 1.0 MB, 640x480 resolution<
    • MPEG - 501K, 320x200 resolution
  • Overhead View of the Galileo Flyby of Ganymede on September 6, 1996
    
    • MPEG - 917K , 640x480 resolution
    • MPEG - 529K, 320x200 resolution

September 5, 1996

• Today on Galileo - Callisto L-Shell, NIMS global map of Jupiter
• New image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

September 4, 1996

• Galileo To Make Second Pass Of Ganymede
• Today on Galileo - Io plumes
• New image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

September 3, 1996

• G2 Encounter Summary available
• Today on Galileo - Looking for aurora
• New image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

September 2, 1996

• Today on Galileo - More Io observations

September 1, 1996

• Today on Galileo - Ganymede 2 Encounter Begins
• New Photo Contest Announced!

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