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[[Image:Skylab-73-HC-440HR.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Saturn V SA-513 lifts off to boost the Skylab Orbital Workshop into Earth orbit on March 14, 1973. Credit: NASA.]]
[[Astronomy]] is performed by location and is subject to local conditions. The shapes and sizes of observatories have changed over time, as have their altitude. The motivations for putting an observatory manned or unmanned at different altitudes has led to a great variety in '''lofting technology'''.
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(contracted; show full) spacecraft|robotic]] [[w:space probe|space probe]] that completed the first mission to the planet [[Jupiter]]<ref name=Fimmel>{{ cite book |title=SP-349/396 PIONEER ODYSSEY |last=Fimmel |first=R. O. |coauthors=W. Swindell, and E. Burgess |year=1974 |publisher=NASA-Ames Research Center |isbn=SP-349 |url=http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/ch8.htm |accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref> and became the first spacecraft to achieve [[w:escape velocity|escape velocity]] from the [[w:Solar System|Solar System]].


"Pioneer 10 was launched on March 2, 1972 by an [[w:Atlas-Centaur|Atlas-Centaur]] expendable vehicle from [[w:Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36|Cape Canaveral]], [[w:Florida|Florida]]. Between July 15, 1972, and February 15, 1973, it became the first spacecraft to traverse the [[w:Asteroid belt#Exploration|asteroid belt]]."<ref name=Pioneer10/>

The '''International Cometary Explorer''' ('''ICE''') spacecraft was originally known as the '''International Sun/Earth Explorer 3''' ('''ISEE-3''') satellite.

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