Length1h 47m
About this audiobook
The story of the mission that changed the Jupiter system: the probe that plunged into the giant's clouds, the ocean under Europa's ice, the volcanoes on Io, the giant magnetosphere, and a decade of discovery from a crippled antenna. No equations, for curious readers.
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GenreEducation and Learning
Length1 hr 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1: Before Galileo — Jupiter from the Ground and the Flybys
3Chapter 2: Designing an Orbiter — The Making of the Mission
4Chapter 3: Getting There — Launch, Gravity Assists, and the Long Road
5Chapter 4: The Broken Antenna — Crisis in the Void
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6Chapter 5: Shoemaker-Levy 9 — The Comet That Hit Jupiter
7Chapter 6: Arrival — Orbit Insertion and the Probe's Descent
8Chapter 7: Io — The Volcanic Moon
9Chapter 8: Europa — The Ocean Moon
10Chapter 9: Ganymede and Callisto — The Outer Moons
11Chapter 10: The Magnetosphere — A Sea of Plasma
12Chapter 11: Jupiter's Clouds and Weather
13Chapter 12: Engineering Survival — Eight Years on the Front Line
14Chapter 13: The Extended Mission — Going Back for More
15Chapter 14: The Cassini Handshake — Two Missions, One Planet
16Chapter 15: The End — A Deliberate Descent
17Chapter 16: The Namesake — Galileo Galilei and the First Moons
18Chapter 17: Fun Facts and Trivia About Galileo
19Chapter 18: Conclusion — The Significance of Galileo
20Conclusion
21References: Galileo
22Glossary
23About the Author
24Series Info
25Copyright
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