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Artist's impression of Galileo ' s arrival at Jupiter
The Galileo project was an American robotic space program that studied Jupiter and its moons (including Io , Europa , Ganymede and Callisto ), as well as several other Solar System bodies. Named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei , the Galileo spacecraft consisted of an orbiter and an atmospheric entry probe. It was launched in 1989 by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission. Despite suffering major antenna problems, Galileo achieved the first asteroid flyby (of 951 Gaspra ), discovered the first asteroid moon (Dactyl , around 243 Ida ), and observed Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 's collision with Jupiter. After gravity-assisted flybys of Venus and Earth , Galileo became the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter. It then launched the first probe to directly measure Jupiter's atmosphere . In 2003, the mission was terminated by sending the orbiter into Jupiter's atmosphere to eliminate the possibility of contaminating the Jovian moons with terrestrial bacteria. (Full article... )
Gaga performing "Bad Romance"
"Bad Romance " is a song by American singer Lady Gaga (pictured) from her third extended play , The Fame Monster (2009). Gaga wrote and produced the song with RedOne . It is an electropop and dance-pop song with a spoken bridge . The lyrics, which describe Gaga's attraction to unhealthy romantic relationships, were drawn from the paranoia she experienced while on tour. "Bad Romance" topped charts in more than 20 countries and sold 12 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time . It won two Grammy Awards and was named one of Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . Its music video received critical praise, won various accolades (including seven MTV Video Music Awards ) and was briefly the most-viewed video on YouTube in 2010. Gaga has performed "Bad Romance" on multiple occasions, including at the Super Bowl LI halftime show in 2017. (Full article... )
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