Pioneer 10 by NASA, Robotic Space Exploration Mission 1972

Pioneer 10 by NASA, Robotic Space Exploration Mission 1972

Pioneer 10 was an American space probe launched by NASA on March 2, 1972, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the first spacecraft to travel through the asteroid belt and make direct observations of Jupiter, providing humanity with its first close-up images of the gas giant. This mission marked a significant advancement in space exploration technology during the early 1970s. The spacecraft was designed to study the outer solar system, along wit…