Pioneer H - Washington DC
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riston2
N 38° 53.287 W 077° 01.196
18S E 324806 N 4306300
An unlaunched space probe hanging in the Pioneers of Flight gallery
Waymark Code: WMBJ7T
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2011
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Pioneer H was constructed of unused spare parts from the Pioneer 10 and 11 missions. Originally intended for launch in 1974, the craft would have traveled to Jupiter for a gravitational slingshot launching the craft outside of the elliptic plane. NASA didn't approve of the launch however, and in 1976 Pioneer H was donated to the Smithsonian. Today it hangs in the Pioneers of Flight gallery, labeled as a "replica" and representing it's twin brothers, Pioneer 10 and 11.
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