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NASA deliberately crashed the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter on September 21, 2003, to avoid any risk of contaminating the moon Europa.

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Is it true that NASA deliberately crashed the Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter on September 21, 2003, to avoid any risk of contaminating the moon Europa?

Yes. A Wikipedia article and a NASA Science page both state that the Galileo spacecraft was deliberately crashed into Jupiter on September 21, 2003, to prevent any chance of contaminating Jupiter's moon Europa.

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Galileo (spacecraft)
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Galileo (spacecraft). (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(spacecraft)

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Galileo - NASA Science
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Galileo - NASA Science. (n.d.). science.nasa.gov. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/galileo/

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