Pioneer 11
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Pioneer 11 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. It was the first probe to en
An artist's impression of a Pioneer spacecraft on its way to interstellar space.
Reconstructed full-scale mock-up Pioneer 10 / 11 spacecraft at the National Air and Space Museum
Side view of the spacecraft
Pioneer 11 during the installation of its protective shroud
Voyager 2
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Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program. It was launched on a trajectory towards the gas giants and enabled further encounters with the ice gia
Pioneer 11
…the planet's cloud tops. During the encounter, it returned 440 images and collected data on Saturn, its rings, and its moons. By then, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 had already flown past Jupiter and were en route to Saturn. Mission planners directed Pioneer 11 to cross Saturn's ring plane along the same path later…
Voyager in transport to a solar thermal test chamber.
Voyager 2 awaiting payload entry into a Titan IIIE/Centaur rocket.
Voyager 2 launch on August 20, 1977, with a Titan IIIE/Centaur
The Great Red Spot photographed during the Voyager 2 flyby of Jupiter