1 New hiking boots rarely require treatment out of the box. Reason: Nearly all boots are factory-treated with a durable water repellent (DWR) finish.  Break in new hiking boots before attempting an extended trip. Learn how by reading the REI Expert Advice article, Breaking In Your Hiking Boots.
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Let's take a look at all the spacecraft that have ever made this journey. The first spacecraft to ever cross the gulf from the Earth to Jupiter was NASA's Pioneer 10. It launched on March 3, 1972 and reached on December 3, 1973. That's a total of 640 days of flight time. But Pioneer 10 was just flying by, on its way to explore the outer solar system. It came within 130,000 km of the planet, took the first close up pictures ever taken of Jupiter, and then continued on into deep space for another 11 years before NASA lost contact.