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Pioneer program
Pioneer 11February 1969 marked the approval of Pioneer 11 and its twin probe, Pioneer 10. These spacecraft were the first designed to explore the outer Solar System.
Pioneer 10In the 1960s, American aerospace engineer Gary Flandro of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory conceived a mission known as the Planetary Grand Tour.
Pioneer programStephen A. Saliga sat in a briefing room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during the late 1950s. He served as chief designer for Air Force exhibits within…
Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9The Pioneer 6 probe launched on the 16th of December 1965 from Cape Canaveral. It was part of a series designed to measure solar wind and magnetic fields.