Galileo Spacecraft Mated to Inertial Upper Stage, August 3, 1989 @ccspacemuseum

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On August 3, 1989, NASA's Galileo spacecraft was mated to its Inertial Upper Stage in Kennedy Space Center's Vertical Processing Facility. Galileo launched on October 18, 1989, aboard on the STS-34 Atlantis mission.

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Galileo Spacecraft Mated to Inertial Upper Stage, August 3, 1989

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