Aero-Linx: Galileo -- Journey
To Jupiter
The Galileo spacecraft's 14-year odyssey came to an end on
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003 when the spacecraft passed into
Jupiter's shadow then disintegrated in the planet's dense
atmosphere at 11:57 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The Deep Space
Network tracking station in Goldstone, Calif., received the last
signal at 12:43:14 PDT.