Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
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The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, also known as Pioneer Venus 2 or Pioneer 13, was a spacecraft launched in 1978 to explore Venus as part of NASA's Pioneer program. This part of the program included a spa
Artist's impression of the five components of Pioneer 13 approaching Venus
Pioneer Venus Bus with probes attached
Pioneer Venus Large Probe opens its parachute (artist's rendition).
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe infographic
Pioneer program
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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, s
Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
…The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe, also known as Pioneer Venus 2 or Pioneer 13, was a spacecraft launched in 1978 to explore Venus as part of NASA's Pioneer program. This part of the program included a spacecraft bus which was launched from Earth. The bus carried one large and three smaller probes, which, after…
A family portrait showing (from left to right) Pioneers 6-9, 10 and 11 and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Multiprobe series
Reconstructed replica of Pioneer 1
Lunar flyby spacecraft (Pioneer 3, 4)
Pioneer P-1, P-3, 5, P-30, and P-31 probe