Aug. 28, 1993: An asteroid harbors a surprise

The space probe Galileo was launched in 1989 with the goal of studying Jupiter and its moons. On its way to the gas giant, it became the first spacecraft to do a flyby of an asteroid as it zoomed past 951 Gaspra on Oct. 29, 1991. Then, on Aug. 28, 1993, Galileo made its secondContinue reading “Aug. 28, 1993: An asteroid harbors a surprise”
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