<p>Pioneer 10 holds the titles for many “firsts”: It was NASA’s first mission to the outer planets, the first spacecraft to fly beyond Mars, the first to traverse the asteroid belt, and the first to fly past Jupiter. It was also the first spacecraft placed on a trajectory to escape the solar system into interstellar<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/june-13-1983-pioneer-10-leaves-solar-system/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 leaves solar system"</span></a></p>
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Pioneer 10 holds the titles for many “firsts”: It was NASA’s first mission to the outer planets, the first spacecraft to fly beyond Mars, the first to traverse the asteroid belt, and the first to fly past Jupiter. It was also the first spacecraft placed on a trajectory to escape the solar system into interstellarContinue reading “June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 leaves solar system”
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