50 years ago today, the Pioneer 11 spacecraft set sail for the outer solar system. And 4 million years from now, the probe — which carries a gold-plated plaque meant to help identify humanity’s place in the cosmos — will pass very near the star Lambda Aquilae, located some 125 light-years away.
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