the galileo mission in 1995 was the first spacecraft to go into orbit around jupiter. it flew around the planet for seven years and studied the four biggest moons. it launched a probe into the planet to get information about jupiter's atmosphere. the probe travelled to a depth of about 150 km before it was crushed by the pressure of all the gas above it. the galileo spacecraft was also crushed in 2003 when nasa steered the craft into the planet. they did this so that the craft could not crash into europa, a moon which scientists think might have life.