archive-1: SETI Two images of the Pioneer 10-11 Plaque

SETI Two images of the Pioneer 10-11 Plaque

Larry Klaes ( lklaes@bbn.com )
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 19:57:20 -0500

>From NASA's Ames Research Center.

Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to leave
our solar system, carries a message to
other worlds. The plaque was designed
by Drs. Carl Sagan and Frank Drake
and the artwork was prepared by Linda
Salzman Sagan. Photographer: N/A;
Date: Jan 31, 1972

http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Space/AC72-1338.html

Pioneer F/G (10/11) plaque mounted on spacecraft.
The plaque were faced inwards toward the probes,
so as to reduce the amount of erosion on the
engraved side during their long, long interstellar
journeys through the Milky Way galaxy.

http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Space/A73-9015.html

Larry