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What Nasa’s Pioneer 11 Spacecraft Accidentally Discovered Orbiting Saturn Is Incredible!

What Nasa’s Pioneer 11 Spacecraft Accidentally Discovered Orbiting Saturn Is Incredible!
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What happened to NASA’s Pioneer 11 spacecraft at Saturn? This was the first spacecraft ever to visit the mysterious gas giant planets, but its journey through space wasn’t an easy one. In fact, it has been nicknamed the “luckiest” spacecraft ever launched because it managed to avoid so many hazards. Including an undiscovered moon! So how did Pioneer 11 avoid the unknown moon? How did NASA miss it in the first place? and what do we know about it now? This is the incredible story of an encounter that nearly ended an entire mission.

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