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“Stylized view of Pioneer leaving Earth, passing Moon. Man will reach out beyond Mars to take the first close look at the planet Jupiter on the mission of the unmanned Pioneer F spacecraft, to be launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Cape Kennedy, Fla., between Feb. and March 1972. The trip to Jupiter will last less than two years, for most launch dates, with most arrival times before Dec. 31, 1973. Jupiter is a spectacular planet. It appears to have its own internal energy source and is so massive that it is almost a small star. Its volume is 1,000 times that of Earth, and it has more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined. Striped in glowing yellow-orange and blue-gray, it floats in space like a bright-colored rubber ball. It has a huge red “eye” in its southern hemisphere and spins more than twice as fast as Earth. Pioneer’s 13 scientific experiments are expected to provide new knowledge about Jupiter and many aspects of the outer solar system and our galaxy. It will return the first close-up images of Jupiter and will make the first measurements of Jupiter’s twilight side, never seen from Earth.”

 

images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-1969-AC72-1353

 

archive.org/details/AILS_AC72-1353

 

Per the online (Internet Archive)/Ames Research Center version of the photo:

 

"Date: Dec. 1972

Pioneer 10 Artwork

Spacecraft shown only 11 hours after launch passing the orbit of the Moon in this artist concept on it's way to orbit above Jupiter's surface (used in NASA SP-349)"

 

NASA SP-349: PIONEER ODYSSEY, featuring this, and other images, available at:

 

history.nasa.gov/SP-349/ch5.htm

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