Old photos: the first time to see Jupiter up close

Some old photos of celestial bodies

Today, let's enjoy some old photos of celestial bodies from Pioneers 10 and 11.

Pioneers 10 and 11 are both space probes launched by NASA in the 1970s to explore Jupiter, Saturn, asteroid belts, and so on. Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to take a close look at Jupiter and the first to pass through the asteroid belt.

perhaps the best known thing about Pioneers 10 and 11 is that they are equipped with a gold-plated aluminum plate trying to send a message to possible aliens, depicting the images of men and women, the spin transition of hydrogen atoms, and the position of the sun and earth in the Milky way.

(this is it)

and the next thing we want to enjoy are the pictures of celestial bodies they took during the mission. Compared with the current high-precision images, it must be relatively rough, but it still presents a lot of features.

photos taken by Pioneer 10 as it approaches Jupiter

Ganymede seen by Pioneer 10, which is also the largest moon in the solar system

Pioneer 11, flying over Jupiter's north pole, you can see the swirling storm

Jupiter's Great Red spot taken by Pioneer 11

. Titan Titan, Saturn's largest moon, can also be seen at the bottom of the picture.

another more recent picture of Saturn taken by Pioneer 11

Source: NSAS

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/space-photos-of-the-week-pioneer-jupiter-saturn/