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
Galileo Probe Galileo Probe The "Galileo" Probe was an atmospheric-entry probe carried by the main "Galileo" spacecraft to Jupiter, where it directly entered a hot spot and returned data from the planet. The probe was built by Hughes Aircraft Company at its El Segundo, California plant, measured about across. Inside the probe's heat shield, the scientific instruments were protected from extreme heat and pressure during its high-speed journey into the Jovian atmosphere, entering at per second. It entered Jupiter on December 7 1995, 22:04 UTC and stopped functioning 23:01 UTC, 57 minutes and 36 seconds later. The probe was released from the