Pioneer 10
Period 1
Joshua Okoffo-Asare

pioneer 10 (Facts)

• It is an American space probe.
• Weighs 250 kilograms.
• Completed first mission to jupiter.
• First spacecraft to escape velocity from the sun

facts

• first spacecraft to fly beyond mars orbit.
• First spacecraft to go through the asteroid belt.
• In 1983, it went passed most distant planets.  
• It will take 2 million years for it to past the nearest star.
• The mission cost over $350 million dollars.

more facts

• It was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 
• Launched on March 12, 1972. 
• This spacecraft could hold a probe.
• And 8 other space instruments

More Facts

• It took the pioneers 5 months to reach the asteroid belts.
• From March 2, 1972 to July 15, 1972.
• In 1983 the pioneer 10 passed pluto.
• It became the first man-object to pass pluto.