Space / 1989-08-25
Artist concept of Galileo encountering Io during its Jupiter approach
Artist concept of Galileo encountering Io during its Jupiter approach
NASA's image library records Artist concept of Galileo encountering Io during its Jupiter approach.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Artist concept shows Galileo spacecraft while still approaching Jupiter having a satellite encounter. Galileo is flying about 600 miles above Io's volcano-torn surface, twenty times closer than the closest flyby altitude of Voyager in 1979.