File:Pioneer E Launch GPN-2003-00038.jpg

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Description The fated Pioneer E launch vehicle. Pioneer 10 was supposed to launch on this long-tank Delta launch vehicle. The Delta was composed of parts from the Thor, an intermediate-range ballistic missile, as its first stage, and the Vanguard as its second. A first stage hydraulics failure occured and the spacecraft was destroyed by range safety protocol on 27 Aug 1969 .
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Author NASA Headquarters - GReatest Images of NASA (NASA-HQ-GRIN)
This image or video was catalogued by Glenn Research Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: GPN-2003-00038.

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