Onward, Pioneer

Though we'll never hear from you again. Pioneer 10, "the little spacecraft that could", was the first human craft to take detailed pictures of Jupiter, and the first human object to venture outside of our solar system. After 30 years, the power to its radio is finally dead, and the project team has "hung up their headphones".

Biblio:
One Giant Step Lasts for 30 Years

Pioneer 10 Sends Last Signal to Earth

Long Goodbye From Space's Pioneer

Pioneer 10 & 11 NASA's site for the project.