The launch of the Atlas-Centaur carrying the Pioneer G (11) spacecraft on April 5, 1973. The objects of this flight was to explore the planet Jupiter and its environment.

Pioneer F/G spacecraft structural model on shaker

Pioneer F/G spacecraft thermal model

Artwork Pioneer F/G spacecraft artwork, Jupiter probe

Pioneer F/G spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter artwork

Pioneer F/G Plaque: Pioneer 10 the first spacecraft to leave our solar system carries a message to other worlds. The plaque was designed by Drs. Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, the artwork was prepared by Linda Salzman Sagan.

MR. R. O. FIMMEL, MR. G. R. HARVEY, R. C. VINYARD, N. WIRTH, D. KLAUK, WORKING IN THE DATA ROOM OF THE PIONEER TAPE PROCESSING STATION. Pioneer Off-Line Data Processing System.

Dr G Munch and Dr D.l. Judge sit on Press Panel during the Pioneer 10 Mission to Jupiter live from Ames Research Center

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. -- In the AO Building at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida, the Pioneer G spacecraft awaits the installation of its protective payload fairing. The interplanetary space probe is scheduled for launch atop an Atlas Centaur rocket from Cape Kennedy April 5, 1973. Pioneer G's nearly two-year mission will take it on an investigation of the asteroid belt, then on to Jupiter, largest planet in our solar system. NASA's launch teams from the Kennedy Space Center will direct final testing and the launch itself. The mission is a project of the Ames Research Center. Photo Credit: NASA