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

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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[@V101SPACE]

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]

hi rob hi sir.

[@kcopara1]

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. 😊

[@zlpatriot11]

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

[@JohnnyNiteTrain]

Agreed!

[@zlpatriot11]

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

[@kcopara1]

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.

[@rafimohammed2846]

Your videos are stunning and informative ❤ keep going brother.

[@kimberly-annedixon]

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

[@murielvaillancourt3855]

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]

😊 👏👏👏👏

[@badarmumtaz2219]

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.

[@irishrebel7616]

Another fantastic episode Rob! Keep up the great work.

[@D-Nedo]

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

[@HeroInTheSun]

Nice! Thanks

[@elleni-41]

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

[@paulcateiii]

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

[@1SeanBond]

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

[@josephpacchetti5997]

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. 👍 😎

[@victoriamaggiolo]

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

[@ellisonhamilton3322]

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

[@Bortle10]

10 billion km's further

[@pribilovian4709]

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

[@AhmedYT7]

Amazing Content Keep up the Good work

[@JenniferA886]

Great channel… top vid 👍👍👍

[@funoverdone]

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

[@rudevalve]

Certified Platinum!!!!!

[@petestaint8312]

Agreed! I'm addicted to his channel.

[@starguard4122]

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!

[@Albion89]

My favourite chanel about space Good job British man !

[@vvillatoro07]

I would just like to say that I have loved your videos for years now. I don’t understand why KZbin 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.

[@randylahey1232]

Thumbs up as always 👍

[@bazpearce9993]

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.

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Hi Amazing video. Thank you.

[@drewishaf]

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

[@joshlesure3196]

Another great video!

[@Ivorie-Ice]

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

[@megatronjenkins2473]

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

[@lifehelp535]

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

[@nigeldawkins]

Thanks as always.

[@cuddlepaws4423]

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

[@vwheaty0519]

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

[@mehjabinvadivala5684]

Do the pioneer 10 probe.

[@nasis18]

Great video.

[@alexandercarder2281]

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

[@ashdrive]

One excellent conducted video

[@AbhishekMOfficial]

🥰Great Video🥰

[@mrfooz2664]

8:42 is this real footage?

[@disinclinedto-state9485]

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!)

[@ara_ara-]

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

[@mrhax4464]

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.

[@mehjabinvadivala5684]

Do the parker solar probe next.

[@brandondelles3678]

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

[@dusetii]

THX SPANISH

[@donkey18071980]

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 🤷‍♂️

[@glennso47]

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. 😮

[@daveleblanc3558]

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

[@drsidiyengar]

why didn’t pioneer 11 photograph neptune?

[@TessBaxter]

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

[@zlpatriot11]

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

[@TessBaxter]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@terryboyer1342]

Is this a repost or a deja vu episode?

[@mannyferrer2039]

2:55

[@siamakalaei1148]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@michellearrington4846]

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

[@MarloSoBalJr]

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

[@f1at111]

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

[@colonelkurtz2269]

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

[@Ilovesimplenames123awesomegrea]

Rob

[@pupaepedorra]

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]

Just as long as politics keep away from progress

[@stevenswapp4768]

Weed

[@dusetii]

sub? english

[@Anand-ej7rz]

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

[@timthompson7205]

You should try doing this video in English