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Pioneer 3
NASA Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Image # : 314-3944b
Date : 01/01/1961
Title
Pioneer III Probe
Full Description
Looking more like surgeons, these technicians wearing "cleanroom" attire inspect the Pioneer III probe before shipping it to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Pioneer III was launched on December 6, 1958 aboard a Juno II rocket at the Atlantic Missile Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives were to measure the radiation intensity of the Van Allen radiation belt, test long range communication systems, the launch vehicle and other subsystems. The Juno II failed to reach proper orbital escape velocity. The probe re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on December 7th ending its brief mission.
Keywords
Pioneer III Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL
Subject Category
Space Probes, Planet-Earth,
Reference Numbers
* Center: JPL * Center Number: 314-3944b * GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001987
Source Information
* Creator/Photographer: Unknown * Original Source: digital
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