Wooden frame with a glass insert (28 cm x 22 cm) depicting t - Lot 242

Wooden frame with a glass insert (28 cm x 22 cm) depicting the two Pioneer 10 (launched on March 2, 1972) and Pioneer 11 (launched on April 5, 1973), along with a drawing of the plaque intended for potential extraterrestrial life and three small gold-plated brass plaques featuring Carl Sagan’s drawing of a naked man and woman, in case the probe fell into the hands of extraterrestrials. One for the first mission to Jupiter, one for the first mission to Saturn, both bearing the name of the probe’s manufacturer, TRW1. MARS PROBES: Pioneer / Viking / Mariner - The Pioneer program is a NASA project to explore the solar system. Nineteen Pioneer probes were launched between 1958 and 1978