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Testing Pioneer F Spacecraft

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-son09-01001

Date

2006-11-26

Technicians prepare Pioneer F spacecraft for testing at TRW Systems, California. January 1972.Launched on March 03 1972, Pioneer F was the first spacecraft designed to travel into the outer solar system and to take the first close-up look at Jupiter on December 03 1973.