Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 20, 1978, NASA launched a spacecraft to Venus. The mission was called Pioneer-Venus 1, but it’s also known as the Pioneer ...

NASA's infamous spacecraft have been circling the solar system for decades, so here are the latest updates on their missions. Since the launch of Pioneer 10 in 1972, humans have been launching objects ...

NASA’s first-ever spacecraft mission took place 64 years ago this week, though it didn’t quite work out as planned. Pioneer 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on October 11, 1958, and was intended to ...