Long-lived Pioneer 10 sends last signal, NASA says
NASA's venerable Pioneer 10 spacecraft, launched in 1972, has sent its last signal to Earth, NASA said Feb. 25. A weak signal was received Jan. 22, with no telemetry data. NASA has no plans to made additional contact attempts, and aerospace agency engineers said the spacecraft's radioisotope power...
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