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Color photo of the Pioneer 10 rocket launch, which took place at night. The photo is dominated by the bright white and yellow glowing exhaust at the bast of the rocket as it lifts off.

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  1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 13:54:02 UTC Robert McNees Robert McNees

    The Pioneer 10 spacecraft launched #OTD in 1972.

    It was a mission of firsts: passing through the asteroid belt, visiting Jupiter, crossing the orbits of Neptune and then Pluto. We detected a last, faint signal on January 23, 2003. Now it belongs to the cosmos.

    Images: NASA

    In conversation Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 13:54:02 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
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