Pioneer 10 in the final stage of construction in at the TRW plant in Southern California in December 1971. The spacecraft launched toward Jupiter in March 1972 and flew by the planet on Dec. 3, 1973.

After more than 30 years, it appears the venerable Pioneer 10 spacecraft has sent its last signal to Earth. Pioneer's last, very weak signal was received on Jan. 22, 2003.

SAN FRANCISCO — Earth has bid its final farewell to the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, 31 years after the probe set off for the outer regions of the solar system. The National Aeronautics and Space ...

On March 2, 1972, NASA launched its Pioneer 10 spacecraft, which would become the first craft to travel through the asteroid belt.About a year later, Pioneer 11 took flight. And in 1977, NASA's ...

Such a configuration was due to occur in the late 1970s, and it led to one of the most significant space probe efforts undertaken by the U.S. To prepare the way for the "Grand Tour," NASA conceived ...

NASA scientists will try to contact Pioneer 10 this week to see if the plucky little spacecraft’s signal can still be heard — 30 years after its launch. On March 2, 2002, scientists operating ...

The Pioneer 10 space probe, launched in 1972 and silent for eight months, phoned home from more than 7 billion miles away after getting a radio call from Earth, NASA said last week.

Pioneer 10 Spacecraft Goes Silent After 31 Years. By Bloomberg News. February 25, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Earth's first envoy to deep space has gone silent. ...

April 30 -- NASA scientists said Sunday they have contacted the Pioneer 10spacecraft, ending fears that the robotic probe had gone silent 29years into a mission that has carried it more than 7 ...