As part of the Jupiter Orbiter Probe Mission, Galileo was born in October of 1977. It was launched into space in October of 1989 and arrived at Jupiter in December of 1995. Galileo circled Jupiter 35 times in its lifetime and on September 21, 2003, Galileo become only the second man-made object to crash into the atmosphere of Jupiter. Throughout its journey, Galileo traveled 2,878,053,500 miles and collected 30 gigabytes of data and 14,000 pictures. Galileo was named after Galileo Galilei who, 393 years ago, looked through the newly invented telescope at Jupiter and discovered 4 satellites that now bear his name. During its journey, Galileo collected data that suggests the possibility of an ocean on Europa. (www.jpl.nasa.gov)