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A black and white diagram showing the path of Pioneer "F" and "G," later dubbed "10" and "11," through the inner solar system, past the asteroid belt, and to the vicinity of Jupiter. The diagram shows the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Pallas, Vesta, Ceres, and Jupiter.

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A black and white diagram showing the path of Pioneer "F" and "G," later dubbed "10" and "11," through the inner solar system, past the asteroid belt, and to the vicinity of Jupiter. The diagram shows the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Pallas, Vesta, Ceres, and Jupiter.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 13:54:02 UTC 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

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