Gone, but not forgotten
Listen 00:04:52Pioneer 10 left the solar system – 33 years ago today. Traveling at 28,000 mph, the NASA spacecraft will pass the bright star of the summer constellation Aquila the Eagle in 227,000 years and reach Aldebaran in 2 million years.
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