November 2, 2024

On This Day in Space! Dec. 28, 2000: Galileo spacecraft sees auroras on Ganymede

The Galileo spacecraft introduced in 1989 on an objective to study Jupiter and its moons. Ganymede, the third moon from Jupiter, was imaged by Voyager 1 on Mar. 1, 1979. No other moon was known to have a magnetic field at the time.

The Galileo spacecraft released in 1989 on an objective to study Jupiter and its moons. Ganymede, the 3rd moon from Jupiter, was imaged by Voyager 1 on Mar. 1, 1979. No other moon was known to have a magnetic field at the time.