Pioneer 11 - Wikipedia
Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) is a NASA robotic space probe launched on April 5, 1973, to study the asteroid belt, the environment around Jupiter and Saturn, the solar wind, and cosmic rays. [2]
Pioneer 11 - NASA Science
NASA's Pioneer 11, a sister spacecraft to Pioneer 10, was the first spacecraft to study Saturn up close. The mission ended in 1995 and Pioneer 11 is on a trajectory to take it out of the solar system.
Pioneer 11: The Spacecraft, the Plaque & the Anomaly | Space
Sep 26, 2012 · The Pioneer 11 spacecraft revealed the gas giants in unprecedented detail. It carries a golden plaque of greetings, and stymied scientists with the "Pioneer Anomaly."
40 Years Ago: Pioneer 11 First to Explore Saturn - NASA
Sep 3, 2019 · Left: Trajectory of Pioneer 11 through and out of the solar system, with fly-bys of Jupiter and Saturn. Right: Image of Saturn and its largest moon Titan (just below the planet) taken when Pioneer 11 was about 1.8 million miles away. In late July 1979, Pioneer 11 began its observations of Saturn. By that time, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 had been ...
45 Years Ago: Pioneer 11 Launched to Study Jupiter and Saturn
Apr 5, 2018 · Pioneer 11 began its observations of Jupiter in November and made its closest approach to the giant planet’s cloud tops on December 2 at a distance of only 26,612 miles and a speed of 107,400 miles per hour.
45 Years Ago, Pioneer 11 Explores Jupiter - NASA
Dec 4, 2019 · After Pioneer 10 successfully completed its observations of Jupiter, mission planners retargeted Pioneer 11 to use the giant planet’s gravity to slingshot the spacecraft across the solar system to explore Saturn.
Pioneer 11 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) was a NASA space probe to explore space and gather information. It was the second mission to visit Jupiter and the first mission to visit Saturn. The space probe was launched on April 5, 1973 and flew by Jupiter on December 2, 1974 and Saturn on September 1, 1979.
Pioneer 11 to End Operations After Epic Career
Sep 29, 1995 · After nearly 22 years of exploration out to the farthest reaches of the Solar System, one of the most durable and productive space missions in history will come to a close. Now beyond the orbit of Pluto and more than four billion miles from Earth, NASA's unmanned Pioneer 11 spacecraft is heading out into interstellar space.
Pioneer 10 and 11, outer solar system explorers - The Planetary …
NASA’s Pioneer 10 mission launched on March 2, 1972, followed by Pioneer 11 on April 5, 1973. Pioneer 10 is credited with being the first spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and fly by Jupiter.
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Pioneer 11 was the second mission to investigate Jupiter and the outer solar system and the first to explore the planet Saturn and its main rings. Pioneer 11, like Pioneer 10, used Jupiter's gravitational field to alter its trajectory radically.
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