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The Galileo spacecraft is being prepared for mating to its Inertial Upper Stage, which will propel it on its six-year journey from the Earth to Jupiter. The black and gold fabric that covers the spacecraft is designed to protect it from both the heat of the sun and the chill of interplanetary space. The conical structure near the bottom of the spacecraft conceals the atmospheric probe, which will enter the Jovian atmosphere in 1995.
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