Historical Events tagged with "Pioneer 10"

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Space Exploration

Final Signal from Pioneer 10 Detected

January 23rd, 2003 22 years ago

Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and visit Jupiter, emitted its final weak signal to Earth. Although the transmission was detected, the signal was too weak for any data extraction. The Pioneer 10 mission, launched in 1972, marked significant advancements in space exploration, with its trajectory taking it into interstellar space.

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