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Pioneer 10

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Pioneer 10

First spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and fly by Jupiter.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
2 Mar 1972
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Jupiter / outer Solar System
Category
Planetary flyby
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Pioneer 10 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of United States's work toward jupiter / outer solar system. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and fly by Jupiter.

Results

First spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and fly by Jupiter.

Related missions

Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 — same_program Pioneer 11 Mariner 10 — same_program Mariner 10 Mariner 6 — same_program Mariner 6 Mariner 7 — same_program Mariner 7

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog