answersLogoWhite

0

Pioneer 11, launched in 1973, was a deep space probe very similar to its predecessor, Pioneer 10. It was not designed to "discover" anything about the sun, but it was equipped to gather information on the heliosphere, which consists of solar winds, and it did do that. I find it more interesting that it was the first probe that could actually image extraterrestrial objects (by which I mean objects not on Earth, not alien ships) and relay those images back to Earth, pixel by pixel.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?