English: Pioneer. The earliest of the U.S. space probes provided the kind of flexibility for the deep-space investigator that Explorers provided for earth-satellite missions. Pioneer 8 in the photo is prepared for December 1967 launch into orbit of the sun.
Deutsch: Pioneer 8 wird für den Start vorbereitet.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]
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