Daily Archives: December 29, 2006

Pioneer 10

Posted by Yabu at 10:51 PM
Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, was the first man-made object to leave our solar system. It passed the orbits of all nine known planets and left our solar system with all of its systems functioning properly. Pioneer 10 was fitted with this plaque which illustrates the hyperfine transition of neutral hydrogen, the figures of a [...]
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