The synonym for innovator and a NASA program for unmanned probes is Pioneer. Pioneer 10, launched in 1972. and Pioneer 11 launched in 1973. were the first probes that visited the outer planets and went beyond Pluto, Kuiper belt and into interstellar space. They both carry the gold-anodized aluminum plaque with naked human male and female and a map to Earth, designed by Carl Sagan, in case they are found by an extraterrestrial civilization outside the Solar system.