For Release: May 5, 1996
Catherine E. Watson
(804) 864-6122
Release No. 96-034
A Journey Through The Jovian Atmosphere: The Galileo
Probe
The
Galileo Probe made the first entry into the atmosphere
of an outer planet in December 1995, plunging into Jupiter's
swirling cloud tops, through strong, turbulent winds, into the hot,
dense atmosphere below.
Marcie Smith, Galileo Probe manager, will discuss "A Journey
Through a Giant Planet: The Jupiter Galileo Probe Mission" at 2
p.m. May 7 in the NASA Langley H.J.E. Reid Conference Center,
Hampton, Va. Smith will describe Galileo’s systems and
performance and present an overview of its initial science results.
Smith has been a member of the Galileo team since 1992 and the
Galileo Probe manager since 1994.
Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering
from the University of Virginia in 1980 and a master’s in
aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford in 1982. Smith has
worked in the NASA Ames Research Center’s space projects
division, focusing on spacecraft operations, since 1980.
Smith has been a member of the Pioneer operations team since
1980, working on the Pioneer Venus orbiter mission as well as the
outer solar system extended missions of Pioneer 10 and 11.
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