 October 18, 1989: Galileo begins its long journey to Jupiter on board Space Shuttle Atlantis. |
 July 1994: Galileo witnesses fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smash into Jupiter. |
 July 1995: Galileo releases its probe into Jupiter's upper atmosphere. |
 Hot Io: Using its near infrared mapping spectrometer, Galileo gives scientists a much more detailed picture of volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io. |
 Ganymede's Magnetosphere: Galileo discovers the first internal magnetic field of a moon. |
 Icy Europa: Galileo's images of Jupiter's moon Europa suggest that a liquid ocean may lie beneath its icy surface. |
 Ida and Dactyl: Galileo images asteroid 243 Ida and provides the first conclusive evidence that natural satellites of asteroids exist. |
 June 1996: In a false-color image, Galileo identifies an ammonia ice cloud on Jupiter. |
