Pioneer 11 by NASA, Robotic Space Exploration Mission 1973

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Pioneer 11 by NASA, Robotic Space Exploration Mission 1973

NASA's Pioneer 11 mission was designed to expand humanity’s understanding of the outer planets and the environment of deep space. Launched on April 6, 1973, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard an Atlas-Centaur rocket, it was the second spacecraft to be sent on a trajectory beyond the asteroid belt. Pioneer 11 followed the success of its predecessor, Pioneer 10, and incorporated improvements to address the scientific challenges of extended space…