Pioneer 11 is just one of five spacecraft currently on a trajectory that will take it out of the solar system. And in some 4 million years, this robotic emissary from Earth, which sent its final ...

Before the early 1970s, NASA’s planetary science missions stuck close to the metaphorical coastline, sending robotic spacecraft to the Moon, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. It would be the twin ...

As a reminder that Pioneer 11 is venturing out on its own, its NASA Solar System Exploration page's elapsed time is frozen at 22 years, 7 months, 17 days, 21 hours, 49 minutes -- the last time ...

A mere fifty years ago, Pioneer 10 launched and became the first unmanned mission to Jupiter. The mission revealed new details about the Solar System — and sent a message to aliens.

Rocket Lab launched its first spacecraft for Varda in June 2023. The companies successfully landed the re-entry capsule in February. Varda received permission from the FAA for the second launch ...

Rocket Lab’s Pioneer spacecraft supports Varda’s 120kg manufacturing capsule on orbit, providing power, communications, propulsion, and attitude control for the mission.