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Pioneer probes Jupiter and leaves solar system in milestone flight
Pioneer 10, a 570 pound American space probe, swept past Jupiter at 6:25 p.m. PST and hurled onward through the radiation belts toward interstellar space. Controllers reported intense radiation but the camera and systems later operated normally as data were collected including color images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. The craft will reach Pluto’s orbit in about 1987 and continue toward Taurus.
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Mountain View
America
Jupiter
Milky Way
Pioneer
Earth
Dr. Devine
USC. 5
Pioneer 10
Charles Hall
E. Smith
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Pasadena
Solar System
Pluto
Taurus