Nasa Nearly Crashed a 150 Million Dollar Spacecraft Into an Undiscovered Moon of Saturn!

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • What happened to NASA's Pioneer 11 spacecraft at Saturn? This was the first spacecraft ever to visit the mysterious gas giant planets, but its journey through space wasn't an easy one. In fact, it has been nicknamed the "luckiest" spacecraft ever launched because it managed to avoid so many hazards. Including an undiscovered moon! So how did Pioneer 11 avoid the unknown moon? How did NASA miss it in the first place? and what do we know about it now? This is the incredible story of an encounter that nearly ended an entire mission.
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Комментарии • 82

  • @V101SPACE
    @V101SPACE  Год назад +39

    Asteroids, malfunctions, undiscovered moons. Pioneer 11 really was a Pioneer! What did you think about this perilous journey? Pretty impressive, right? Let me know your thoughts below! V

    • @mehjabinvadivala5684
      @mehjabinvadivala5684 Год назад +4

      hi rob hi sir.

    • @kcopara1
      @kcopara1 Год назад

      Please do a video on the pioneer 10. Please be thorough with this. In order to be thorough you must look at the New Illustrated science and invention encyclopedia 1987 edition. On page 2488, look at the illustrations of what Pioneer 10 discovered. Pay attention to the object at the upper left corner and the object to the right of it and slightly below. 😊

  • @rafimohammed2846
    @rafimohammed2846 Год назад +17

    Your videos are stunning and informative ❤ keep going brother.

  • @murielvaillancourt3855
    @murielvaillancourt3855 Год назад +16

    Thank you, Robb, i love your channel so much! Your work is always perfect, stunning and so interesting! You are a true professional communicator and your hard work’s result is amazing. I am a 70 old lady and all my life i hoped to be a « cosmonaut », as it was said in these old ages of the fifties. But my first brutal prof of Maths liked to beat me each day so i became a nurse instead. 😢However I worked as volunteer for the Nasa Zooniverse project to find the first exoplanets by scrutinizing stars to eventually find elusive dimmed light from a planet, with the transit method. I even had the chance to find one exoplanet. 😊it was a good time.

    • @Talia.777
      @Talia.777 Год назад +1

      😊 👏👏👏👏

  • @badarmumtaz2219
    @badarmumtaz2219 Год назад +6

    The video is really interesting and informative please make a video on the aestroid belt view from martian surface about how it looks at night.

  • @josephpacchetti5997
    @josephpacchetti5997 Год назад +10

    Very informative video, I was 15 years old when Pioneer 11 launched, I was under the impression that Jupiter was a gas Planet, What are the constituents of Jupiter? For folks who don't know what RTGs stand for It's, {Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators} which uses the decay of Plutonium to generate heat which is converted into electricity, Thanks Rob and crew that makes this great channel possible! V-101 rocks. 👍 😎

  • @irishrebel1976
    @irishrebel1976 Год назад +12

    Another fantastic episode Rob! Keep up the great work.

  • @ellisonhamilton3322
    @ellisonhamilton3322 Год назад +7

    I wonder how much farther it has traveled since sending it's last signal in 95.
    Thank you. You have a great weekend. 🇺🇸❤🇬🇧

    • @Bortle10
      @Bortle10 Год назад

      10 billion km's further

    • @pribilovian4709
      @pribilovian4709 Год назад

      I hope it's still going and didn't crash into anything

  • @funoverdone
    @funoverdone Год назад +1

    Seven punctuation-booms and 2 bonus rumbles. The SFX budget swells! Your videos are informative and easy to consume. Nicely-done.

  • @JenniferA886
    @JenniferA886 Год назад +2

    Great channel… top vid 👍👍👍

  • @bazpearce9993
    @bazpearce9993 Год назад +1

    Moons on a gravitational Scalextric track around Saturn is so cool. The Grand tour of the Gas planets is still Man's number one achievement in space IMO.

  • @Albion89
    @Albion89 Год назад +1

    My favourite chanel about space Good job British man !

  • @rudevalve
    @rudevalve Год назад +9

    Certified Platinum!!!!!

  • @naveenraj2008eee
    @naveenraj2008eee Год назад +2

    Hi Amazing video.
    Thank you.

  • @mehjabinvadivala5684
    @mehjabinvadivala5684 Год назад +5

    Do the pioneer 10 probe.

  • @randylahey1232
    @randylahey1232 Год назад +2

    Thumbs up as always 👍

  • @megatronjenkins2473
    @megatronjenkins2473 Год назад +3

    Props for name-dropping the best state in the union, Alaska, my homestate!!! Earned my upvote!

  • @vwheaty0519
    @vwheaty0519 Год назад +1

    It would’ve been cool if Pioneer 1 or 2 got a picture of Voyager 1 or 2 zooming through space

  • @Ivorie-Ice
    @Ivorie-Ice Год назад +1

    Extremely well made videos covering a variety of topics! Love your content. :)

  • @zachreyhelmberger894
    @zachreyhelmberger894 3 месяца назад

    Great documentary!

  • @ashdrive
    @ashdrive Год назад

    One excellent conducted video

  • @mrhax4464
    @mrhax4464 Год назад +3

    I find it mind boggling that the first ever close up encounter with the outer gas and ice giants, happened in my life time.
    Nice of the planets to wait until I was born before aligning like that.

  • @mrfooz2664
    @mrfooz2664 Год назад +2

    8:42 is this real footage?

  • @disinclinedto-state9485
    @disinclinedto-state9485 Год назад +2

    Love your vids, thanks! (This is probably just me, but if someone gives me both miles and km in words, I find it less accessible than if they say one but write another. Like "32 thousand miles and hour" narrated, and "50,000kmh" written on the screen. Could just be me, though, being a km native!)

  • @mehjabinvadivala5684
    @mehjabinvadivala5684 Год назад

    Do the parker solar probe next.

  • @ara_ara-
    @ara_ara- Год назад

    Now imagine an alien scrap scavenger using it for spare parts lol

  • @brandondelles3678
    @brandondelles3678 Год назад

    Pioneer 11 art gallery... so when aliens arrive theyll say hey we saw your advertisement on our way in to earth lol...

  • @donkey18071980
    @donkey18071980 Год назад +3

    I do love these videos but every time I watch something like this I just think what is the fucking point of my life we are but dust in wind 🤷‍♂️

  • @drsidiyengar
    @drsidiyengar Год назад +1

    why didn’t pioneer 11 photograph neptune?

  • @terryboyer1342
    @terryboyer1342 Год назад +1

    Is this a repost or a deja vu episode?

  • @daveleblanc3558
    @daveleblanc3558 Год назад

    Along with John Michael Godier, this might be one of my favorite YT channels.

  • @TessBaxter
    @TessBaxter Год назад +1

    I was lucky enough to be a Mission Controller on Pioneer Project. Great video

    • @zlpatriot11
      @zlpatriot11 Год назад

      That's really cool! What was it like for you?

    • @TessBaxter
      @TessBaxter Год назад

      @@zlpatriot11 Exciting, especially for the Saturn and Titan flyby. Meeting Dr James Van Allen and handing him his telemetry was a plus. Dr Tom Gehrels was also often present in Mission Control.

    • @zlpatriot11
      @zlpatriot11 Год назад

      @@TessBaxter that's so cool! Proud that you took part of a historic first time mission that led the way for the then future Voyager probes. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, and people like you who took part of their missions deserve much more recognition.

    • @TessBaxter
      @TessBaxter Год назад

      @@zlpatriot11 We were just doing our jobs; the designers and builders/testers should get some recognition. I was overjoyed to have been a part of it.

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo 2 месяца назад

    The speed of pioneer 11 changed drastically through the course of its mission. Varying anywhere from 30,000km/h to the 52,000km/h NASA quotes from its launch. Orbital mechics don't allow for an object to have a constant rate of travel except in the case of a perfectly circular orbit. In an elliptical orbit, the object is fastest at its closest approach, and slowest at its farthest distance from the object it's orbiting. So, you can't say that it's speed was any specific amount unless you're reverring to its average speed. Technically the speed of any object, be it a car, rocket, person, asteroid or planet, is an average of the speed throughout the full journey, since few things travel at a fixed rate of speed.
    You could take the speed at a specific moment of time, though. Or more accurately, between two fixed moments of time that are infinitessimally close together. Isn't physics and calculus fun? lol
    I admit I'm being jokingly pedantic for most of this, but my point about the speed of pioneer 11 changing throughout its mission stands as a genuine issue.

  • @mannyferrer2039
    @mannyferrer2039 Год назад

    2:55

  • @f1at111
    @f1at111 Год назад +2

    Images aren't photos. They are actually drawings. Like Disney cartoons. Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse. No more real than Fred Flintstone.

  • @colonelkurtz2269
    @colonelkurtz2269 Год назад

    Albert Einstein made contributions to physics. His brother Frank made well he made a monster.

  • @Puttagirlon
    @Puttagirlon Год назад +4

    I still think that one of the most incredible things that anyone can do (yet most people either don't know or seem uninterested in doing) is being able to see the stripes of Jupiter or the rings (and pause between them and the planet) of Saturn for oneself.
    When I was a kid, my parents bought me a telescope so that we could get some amazing views of Hale-Bopp when it came screaming by the planet. We watched it for days and it was humbling and incredible. Then, a lot of years passed by before I realized that my telescope could also show me the gas giants and many other objects.
    I still have the same telescope (it's definitely in need of replacement at this point) but my 11 yesr old son loves using it, too. There's something astonishing about finding, targeting, and focusing on planets like Jupiter (where 2-4 of its moons are visible and trackable) and Saturn (where you can clearly see the rings and a couple faint moons.) The fact that you can literally discern between the rings and planet at Saturn is almost difficult to comprehend when you see it. I HIGHLY recommend you go out, buy a cheap telescope, and start looking at the stuff for yourself if you havent already.
    The images won't quite be as clear, still, or saturated as you see in textbooks or videos, mostly because the Earth's atmosphere distorts the images. But you can absolutely see this stuff for yourself without the assistance of some enormous observatory. Even my very cheap, old Celestron scope made in the early 90s is good enough to discern well-known features on a clear night. Just go do it. If you enjoy stuff about astronomy, space, or planets, you will not be sorry about spending that money. And if you're in love with it, you can get upgraded scopes and a decent camera which will allow you to use analyzing software to get your images crystal clear. It's amazing

  • @Ilovemydoghesnice
    @Ilovemydoghesnice Год назад

    Rob

  • @Anand-ej7rz
    @Anand-ej7rz Год назад

    So can one say that the pioneers are further in space now as the voyagers?

  • @timthompson7205
    @timthompson7205 Год назад +1

    You should try doing this video in English

  • @dusetii
    @dusetii Год назад +1

    THX SPANISH

  • @dusetii
    @dusetii Год назад +1

    sub? english

  • @zlpatriot11
    @zlpatriot11 Год назад +53

    Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 are vastly underappreciated for the accomplishments that were done during their missions. Love your videos V!

    • @JohnnyNiteTrain
      @JohnnyNiteTrain Год назад +4

      Agreed!

    • @zlpatriot11
      @zlpatriot11 Год назад

      @@JohnnyNiteTrain I'd love for V to do a video on Pioneer 10 next as both both probes fascinates me.

    • @kcopara1
      @kcopara1 Год назад +2

      Far, far more interesting is what Pioneer 10 discovered. This incredible discovery can be found on page 2488 of the 1987 edition of the New Illustrated science and invention encyclopedia. Pay attention to the pictures and illustration on that page.

    • @icomsltd
      @icomsltd 29 дней назад

      On the heels of Apollo, just a year later the world had up close images of Jupiter... Humanity is laughably predictable, they will probably forget all the proceeding missions and names of astronauts after Artemis III.

  • @paulcateiii
    @paulcateiii Год назад +6

    I remember Pioneer being a big deal when I was in grade school

  • @D-Nedo
    @D-Nedo Год назад +5

    Pioneer 10 & 11 deserved the highlights of this video. Great job and channel... 😮 Close call tho 😅. I never knew that happened. Thanks fam

  • @kimberly-annedixon
    @kimberly-annedixon Год назад +24

    The Pioneer probes are really underrated and underappreciated! Great job as always!❤

  • @1SeanBond
    @1SeanBond Год назад +4

    Pioneer 10 & 11 were amazing if finding some miraculous thing's! This was a great video much appreciated friend Cheers!🙂🤝🏼✌🏼

  • @HeroInTheSun
    @HeroInTheSun Год назад +3

    Nice! Thanks

  • @elleni-41
    @elleni-41 Год назад +6

    U know ur my favorite space channel..the pioneer missions were stunning..
    Thank u v101:👍👌💞💞💞

  • @AhmedYT7
    @AhmedYT7 Год назад +3

    Amazing Content Keep up the Good work

  • @victoriamaggiolo
    @victoriamaggiolo Год назад +2

    Watching from Argentina, been born in 1977, learning and enjoying a lot from your channel, thank you very much! 🙌🏻

  • @vvillatoro07
    @vvillatoro07 Год назад +3

    I would just like to say that I have loved your videos for years now. I don’t understand why RUclips doesn’t recommend your videos to me anymore despite me being subscribed to you! You should have way more followers keep up the good work.

  • @joshlesure3196
    @joshlesure3196 Год назад +1

    Another great video!

  • @AbhishekMOfficial
    @AbhishekMOfficial Год назад +1

    🥰Great Video🥰

  • @alexandercarder2281
    @alexandercarder2281 Год назад

    It’s fascinates me to know that they are still flying at great speed out there far far away. 😊

  • @lifehelp535
    @lifehelp535 Год назад +1

    I am REALLY REALLY enjoying these videos! Thank you so much for your research!

  • @cuddlepaws4423
    @cuddlepaws4423 Год назад

    I had never heard of the story of Pioneer almost being 'run over ' by an unknown moon !!!!!! that's just nuts .

  • @glennso47
    @glennso47 Год назад

    They must have made that left turn at Albuquerque. I told them not to but they did it anyway and see what happens when they don’t listen. 😮

  • @nigeldawkins
    @nigeldawkins Год назад

    Thanks as always.

  • @nasis18
    @nasis18 Год назад

    Great video.

  • @stevenswapp4768
    @stevenswapp4768 Год назад

    Weed

  • @michellearrington4846
    @michellearrington4846 Год назад +1

    Isn't that a little scary, 2 one hundred mile moons sharing an orbit?

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr Год назад

      Just as long as they are title locked their orbiting pattern around Saturn won't change unless an equally strong foreign object interferes with their orbiting corridor

  • @siamakalaei1148
    @siamakalaei1148 Год назад

    😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @starguard4122
    @starguard4122 Год назад

    I'm glad that you made this. I always wondered what happened to the Pioneer probes. We hear so much about the Voyager Probes that the Pioneers seem to have been all but forgotten!

  • @pupaepedorra
    @pupaepedorra Год назад +1

    OK, but I KNOW, that in a couple hundred years at most, the Voyagers, Pioneers and hopefully some others, will be in a museum somewhere here. And the devices on Mars will be on another museum, most likely on Mars too.

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr Год назад +2

      Just as long as politics keep away from progress