How much did Galileo mission cost to build?
The Galileo mission was the NASA and JPL spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003 and dropped an atmospheric probe into the planet, launched on 18 October 1989 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis and deliberately sent into Jupiter on 21 September 2003. NASA Science gives the total cost from the start of planning through the end of the mission as 1.39 billion dollars, with an international contribution estimated at a further 110 million.
Final project cost
$1.39 billion
Cost basis: 2003
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