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From: alb@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.space
Subject: Galileo Test Successful
Message-ID: <2067@alice.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Jul-83 20:05:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: alice.2067
Posted: Mon Jul 25 20:05:09 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 00:51:30 EDT
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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The Air Force today successfully drop tested a prototype of the
Galileo spacecraft that will fly into Jupiter's atmosphere in
the late 1980's.  The probe was carried aloft to almost 100,000
feet by a hot air balloon and then dropped, hitting the ground
9 minutes later.  Pictures taken of the craft and data gathered
by it will be analyzed by NASA over the next few weeks.  The probe
will be unleashed from an orbiter section that will remain in
orbit around Jupiter and relay information from it.  The entire
craft will be launched from the space shuttle.