Pioneer 10 and female along with several symbols that are designed to provide information about the origin of the spacecraft. The plaque is attached to the antenna support struts to provide some shielding from interstellar dust. In the film "", a Klingon ship destroys "Pioneer 10" as target practice. In the internet multimedia fiction project "17776", a sentient "Pioneer 10" is one of the main characters. Pioneer 10 Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F) is an American space probe, launched in 1972 and weighing , that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. Thereafter, "Pioneer 10" became the first of five
Probe NCG 8436 Probe NCG 8436 Probe NCG 8436 is a 1981 role-playing game adventure for "Space Opera" published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. "Probe NCG 8436" is an adventure that concerns a survey mission to an uncharted system some 57 light-years from the Martigan system in the Procyon subsector. William A. Barton reviewed "Probe NCG 8436" in "The Space Gamer" No. 48. Barton commented that "Overall [...] "Probe NCG 8436" has enough potential to provide some intriguing adventure sessions for "Space Opera" play. While not as exciting an adventure as the recent "Alien Base", it is far superior to the earlier "Martigan Belt"."