Claudia Alexander

It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end.

It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end.

The engineers had to redesign the software, reprogram the tape recorder and had to get Galileo to do data compression,

The engineers had to redesign the software, reprogram the tape recorder and had to get Galileo to do data compression,

That loss forced us to concentrate on the satellites. And from my perspective, the satellites are where the action is. read more

That loss forced us to concentrate on the satellites. And from my perspective, the satellites are where the action is. That's where the big surprises came.

It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission.

It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission.

We're still collecting scientific data. I'm really surprised we haven't gone into emergency mode. This time last November, we were read more

We're still collecting scientific data. I'm really surprised we haven't gone into emergency mode. This time last November, we were passing through this same zone, and we got clobbered.