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21 Sep 2003
After 14 years in space, NASA's Galileo spacecraft was intentionally destroyed in Jupiter's atmosphere.
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23 Jan 2003
The last signal from the Pioneer 10 space probe was received.
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15 Oct 2001
NASA's Galileo spacecraft skimmed by Jupiter's moon, Lo, at just 112 miles (180 km).
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5 May 2000
A conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon occurred.
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2 Mar 1998
Jupiter's moon was found to have a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
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16 Jul 1994
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter.
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9 Jul 1979
NASA's Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, continuing its journey towards Saturn.
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8 Mar 1979
Many volcanoes were discovered on one of planet Jupiter's moons called Io.
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6 Apr 1973
NASA launched the Pioneer 11 space probe to study the asteroid belt & the environment around Jupiter and Saturn.
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2 Mar 1972
The US spacecraft Pioneer 10 launched.
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9 Sep 1892
American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Jupiter's fifth moon.
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13 Jan 1610
Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth moon of Jupiter.
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7 Jan 1610
Galileo discovered the first three satellites of Jupiter.
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20 Mar 1345
Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars came into alignment. Medieval scholars believed this phenomenon brought forth the Black Death.
