Pioneer program

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. The second program, which ran from 1965 to 1992, sent four spacecraft to measure interplanetary space weather, two to explore Jupiter and Saturn, and two to explore Venus. The two outer planet probes, Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, became the first two of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity that will allow them to leave the Solar System, and carried a golden plaque each depicting a man and a woman and information about the origin and the creators of the probes, in case any extraterrestrials find them someday.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Army, Space Systems Command,
NASA, Dong Fang Hong 2, 1958, 1950s,

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1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

1958 — 1992 Pioneer program

1958-08-17T00:00:00Z

maiden flight

1978-08-01T00:00:00Z

last flight

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Resurfacing the Pioneer antenna to increase the surface accuracy and performance.vvvvvvvv

Charles Hall, Pioneer Project Manager in Pioneer Mission Control Center (PMOC) with Mr. Parker (?)

A family portrait showing (from left to right) Pioneers 6-9, 10 and 11 and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Multiprobe series.

Pioneer Program - AC82-0178

Jupiter / John H. Wolfe. - (1975) - scientific article published in September 1975, Q1860

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commons	image	P69b	Commons
commons	image	Outersolarsystem-probes-4407	Commons
commons	image	Resurfacing the Pioneer antenna to increase the surface accuracy and performance.vvvvvvvv	Commons
commons	image	Charles Hall, Pioneer Project Manager in Pioneer Mission Control Center (PMOC) with Mr. Parker (?)	Commons
commons	image	Charles Hall, Pioneer Project Manager in Pioneer Mission Control Center (PMOC) with Mr. Parker (?)	Commons
commons	image	A family portrait showing (from left to right) Pioneers 6-9, 10 and 11 and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Multiprobe series.	Commons
commons	image	A family portrait showing (from left to right) Pioneers 6-9, 10 and 11 and the Pioneer Venus Orbiter and Multiprobe series.	Commons
commons	image	Pioneer Program - AC82-0178	Commons

Pioneer program

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