NASA Galileo Mission

Galileo, Astronomer and Scientist

NASA:  For this pioneer mission to Jupiter, Lenox Laser drilled precision 19.5 micron holes in Hasteloy discs for a Helium Leak Detector.  Galileo Spacecraft

National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST):  Lenox Laser Fabricated an array of 5,000 orifices, each less than five microns, on a stainless steel conflat, for use as a standard, midrange high vacuum leak.

Simulated View of Galileo Craft
Source: http://www.planetary.org/

Source: Galileo Website
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