PULL · 30 JUN 1996

This was
your sky.

Greetings from the Pioneers

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COSMIC MESSAGE

Pioneer 10 and 11, launched in the early 1970s, were the first spacecraft to travel beyond the solar system. They were also the first to pass through the asteroid belt and fly by Jupiter and Saturn. Each carries a gold anodized plaque with symbolic drawings as a greeting to any extraterrestrial life.

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Greetings from the Pioneers
1996-06-30 · ♋
SKYBORN
Greetings from the Pioneers
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Move your cursor across the card to tilt it. Holographic foil ripples through the edges and surface as you go.

ZODIAC CONTEXT
CANCER

In tropical astrology, 30 JUN 1996 falls under Cancer (♋). The sign's window runs from 06-21 through 07-22. Cancer is marked by the Beehive Cluster, M44, a loose family of stars visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 30 JUN 1996.

THE ALMANAC FOR 30 JUN 1996
DAY
Sunday
MOON
Full moon, 99% lit
POSITION
Day 182 of 366