This Day in Aviation History
June 13th, 1983
The Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the solar system.

The Pioneer 10 is an American space probe, weighing 258 kilograms, that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. Thereafter, Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to achieve escape velocity from the Solar System. This space exploration project was conducted by the NASA Ames Research Center in California, and the space probe was manufactured by TRW…

Source:
Wikipedia, Pioneer 10: http://gstv.us/25OrxsG

YouTube, Pioneer 10: Jupiter Odyssey 1974 NASA…Beyond Neptune’s Orbit: http://gstv.us/25OrqNP

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