Pioneer 10

Mission overview

Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and fly past Jupiter.

Outcome & discoveries

Returned the first close-up images of Jupiter and became one of the most distant human-made objects.

Mission profile

Knowledge connections

• Operated byNASA
• Part of programPioneer program
• Mission targetJupiter

Related missions

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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