MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICEJET PROPULSION
LABORATORYCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATIONPASADENA, CA 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011http://www.jpl.nasa.govContact:
Franklin O'Donnell (818) 354-5011 May 2, 2001NEW
JPL DIRECTOR ANNOUNCES LAB REORGANIZATION
http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNStat.html
STATUS UPDATED: 03 May 2001
PIONEER MISSIONS
Pioneer 10 distance from Sun : 77.70 AU
Speed relative to the Sun: 12.24 km/sec (27,380 mph)
Distance from Earth: 11.75 billion kilometers (7.30 billion miles)
Round-trip
In a message dated 5/3/2001 12:15:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
NASA Science News for May 3, 2001
Last week NASA received a weak signal from Pioneer 10, twice as far
from the Sun as Pluto and speeding toward the constellation Taurus. The
well-traveled spacecraft is
From the May 3, 2001 Status Report for Pioneer 10:
The status of the Geiger Tube Telescope instrument (James Van Allen, P.I.)
is on. We have not reduced the data from this current contact yet, but believe
that it has been received. Due to power considerations, this is the only
instrument
