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Pioneer 10 carries a gold-anodised plaque for interstellar space

Pictorial diagrams illustrate human figures and solar system position

Launched in 1972, Pioneer 10 carries a 15-by-23 centimetre gold-anodised aluminium plaque attached to its antenna frame. Designed by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake, the plaque features line drawings of a human male and female alongside diagrams showing Earth's location relative to galactic pulsars.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Pictorial diagrams illustrate human figures and solar system position. The figure is taken from NASA Science, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.