Poster showing the paths of the five craft that have been sent past the outer planets and are now on their way out of the solar system into the vastness of space among the stars: Pioneers 10 and 11, Voyagers 1 and 2, and New Horizons.
The “zoomed-in” view shows Earth’s orbit and the five craft peeling off from it. The main view shows a vaster space, to beyond Pluto’s orbit, and the craft beginning their eternal journeys, in far different directions, into the space between the stars.
The poster includes descriptive text, explaining for instance the “slingshot” effect and the “Grand Curve” that enabled the rocket scientists to use it; a listing of the dates of launch and of the encounters with planets; a map of the craft’s courses across the sky and the constellations into which they are heading; small pictures of the craft and of the famous “Pioneer plaque.”
The poster is 3 feet wide and 2 feet high, finely printed on high-quality wrinkle-resistant glossy paper.
$31.95
Color-coding helps to keep the five spacecraft distinct. Triangles mark encounters with the planets.
