On April 5, 1973, NASA launched the Pioneer 11 mission into the outer solar system. Pioneer 11 would become the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn, and it flew by Jupiter and the asteroid belt along the way. It launched about a month...

On Sept. 1, 1979, NASA's robotic space probe Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn.



Pioneer 11 launched in 1973 on a mission to explore the Asteroid Belt, Jupiter and Saturn. It launched directly toward...

Pioneer 10, the first space probe to leave the solar system, provided crucial data about Jupiter and Saturn, which led to advancements in the design of future probes. It continued to send information about the Sun and the solar wind...