NASA Photo ID: S89-45782           File Name: 10063717.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 09/27/89
  Title: Preflight view of Gallileo spacecraft Jovian atmospheric probe aeroshell
  Description:
  A closeup of the Gallileo spacecraft Jovian atmospheric probe deceleration 
  module aeroshell was documented during preflight processing.  The aeroshell 
  is designed to block the heat generated by slowing from the probe's arrival 
  speed of about 115,000 miles per hour to a subsonic speed in less than two 
  minutes.                 
  Subject terms:
  GALILEO PROBE                           
  GALILEO SPACECRAFT                      
  HEAT SHIELDING                          
  JUPITER (PLANET)                        
  PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES                   
  PREFLIGHT OPERATIONS                    
  STS-34
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