But much of the rest goes toward goals largely absent from the planetary science community's consensus planning, namely the new push for lunar exploration. (scientificamerican.com)
Important projects including lunar exploration and space construction could be delayed, they said. (scmp.com)
Almost exactly a year after the Apollo lunar exploration program wound down, and smack - dab in the middle of the Watergate scandal, Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to encounter Jupiter, snapping this picture of the giant planet's icy moon, Europa. (discovermagazine.com)