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'''''Pioneer 10''''' was a [[Human]] space probe, launched from [[Earth]] in [[1972]]. Its primary mission was to analyse the planet [[Jupiter]], then head into interstellar space. ''Pioneer 10'' carried a metal plaque on their hulls, designed to give alien life-forms basic, non-language-specific, information about its origin and its creators. |
'''''Pioneer 10''''' was a [[Human]] space probe, launched from [[Earth]] in [[1972]]. Its primary mission was to analyse the planet [[Jupiter]], then head into interstellar space. ''Pioneer 10'' carried a metal plaque on their hulls, designed to give alien life-forms basic, non-language-specific, information about its origin and its creators. |
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Contact was finally lost with the probe in [[2003]], and the onboard power systems were believed to be terminated at that point. |
Contact was finally lost with the probe in [[2003]], and the onboard power systems were believed to be terminated at that point. |
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+ | ''Pioneer'''s intended course was believed to take it to the vicinity of the [[Aldebaran system]], but some time before [[2287]], the probe passed into [[Klingon]] territory, where it was destroyed in that year by the Klingon [[Klaa|Captain Klaa]] and his [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey|bird-of-prey]]. (''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'') |
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Revision as of 07:53, 29 August 2005
Pioneer 10.
The Pioneer 10 plaque.
Klaa's Bird-of-Prey approaches Pioneer 10.
Pioneer 10 was a Human space probe, launched from Earth in 1972. Its primary mission was to analyse the planet Jupiter, then head into interstellar space. Pioneer 10 carried a metal plaque on their hulls, designed to give alien life-forms basic, non-language-specific, information about its origin and its creators.
In 1983, the probe became the first object launched by humans to leave the Sol System's planetary zone. As it passed through the extremes of the system, it was charged with investigating particles from the solar wind and so-called 'cosmic rays'.
Contact was finally lost with the probe in 2003, and the onboard power systems were believed to be terminated at that point.
Pioneer's intended course was believed to take it to the vicinity of the Aldebaran system, but some time before 2287, the probe passed into Klingon territory, where it was destroyed in that year by the Klingon Captain Klaa and his bird-of-prey. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)