Exploration of Jupiter Exploration of Jupiter The exploration of Jupiter has been conducted via close observations by automated spacecraft. It began with the arrival of "Pioneer 10" into the Jovian system in 1973, and, , has continued with eight further spacecraft missions. All of these missions were undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and all but two have been flybys that take detailed observations without the probe landing or entering orbit. These probes make Jupiter the most visited of the Solar System's outer planets as all missions to the outer Solar System have used Jupiter flybys to reduce fuel requirements
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"."