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Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a NASA robotic space probe launched on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, the solar wind, and cosmic rays. [2] It was the first probe to encounter Saturn, the second to fly through the asteroid belt, and the second to fly by Jupiter.
The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes.The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to fly by the Moon, and successfully sent one spacecraft to investigate interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and Venus.
September 30, 1979: The U.S. Canal Zone territory of Panama goes out of existence September 1, 1979: Pioneer 11 becomes the first Earth spacecraft to visit the planet Saturn September 7, 1979: The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network first appears on cable television. The following events occurred in September 1979:
Pioneer 10 was launched in March 1972 and passed within 200,000 kilometers (120,000 mi) of Jupiter in December 1973. It was followed by Pioneer 11, which was launched in April 1973, and passed within 34,000 kilometers (21,000 mi) of Jupiter in December 1974, before heading on to an encounter with Saturn. [9]
Brown snow fell in the Maine town of Rumford after a malfunction at a paper mill caused the release of spent black liquor.
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Approved by NASA in February 1969, [10] the twin spacecraft were designated Pioneer F and Pioneer G before launch; later, they were named Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 respectively. They formed part of the Pioneer program, [11] a series of United States uncrewed space missions launched between 1958 and 1978. This model was the first in the series ...