Mission Information
MISSION_NAME PIONEER 10
MISSION_ALIAS PIONEER

PIONEER F

MISSION_START_DATE 1972-03-02T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_STOP_DATE 1997-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
MISSION_DESCRIPTION
MISSION_OBJECTIVES_SUMMARY
Mission Objectives Summary  ==========================    The Pioneer 10 had three primary objectives:    1) Determine whether a spacecraft could pass through the asteroid       belt safely.    2) Provide in-situ measurements of the Jovian radiation environment       and magnetosphere.    3) Provide in-situ measurements of the distant heliosphere.
REFERENCE_DESCRIPTION FIMMELETAL1977