NASA announced they would send a ship to Jupiter's moon, Europa, to look for extraterrestrial life.
Twelve new moons were discovered in Jupiter's orbit, bringing the planet's total number of moons to 79.
After 14 years in space, NASA's Galileo spacecraft was intentionally destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere.
The last signal from the Pioneer 10 space probe was received.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft skimmed by Jupiter's moon, Lo, at just 112 miles (180 km).
A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.
Jupiter's moon was found to have a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter.
NASA's Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, continuing its journey towards Saturn.
Many volcanoes were discovered on one of planet Jupiter's moons called Io.
NASA launched the Pioneer 11 space probe to study the asteroid belt & the environment around Jupiter and Saturn.
The US spacecraft Pioneer 10 launched.
American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Jupiter's fifth moon.
Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth moon of Jupiter.
Galileo discovered the first three satellites of Jupiter.
Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars came into alignment. Medieval scholars believed this phenomenon brought forth the Black Death.
