9th Fact: Interesting Facts about Jupiter

Jupiter has been visited 7 times by spacecraft from Earth

Start counting. Jupiter was first visited by NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft in December 1973, and then Pioneer 11 in December 1974. Then Voyager 1 and 2 in 1979. This was followed by a long break until Ulysses arrived in February 1992. Then Cassini made a flyby in 2000, on its way to Saturn. And finally, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its flyby in 2007. I'm sure these won't be the last.

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