Pioneer

Pioneer, The Pioneer or pioneering may refer to:

Contents 1 Arts and publications 2 Astronomy 3 Biology 4 Business 5 Communist youth movement 6 Geography 7 History 8 Military 9 Oceanography 10 Politics and religion 11 Schools 12 Scouting 13 Ships 14 Sport 15 Transportation 16 See also

Arts and publications

• The Pioneer (Visalia, California), a sculpture by Solon H. Borglum listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
• The Pioneers (Elmwood, Illinois), a sculpture by Lorado Taft
• The Pioneers (album), an album by MC Eiht and Spice 1
• The Pioneers (novel), a book by James Fenimore Cooper
• The Pioneers (band), a Jamaican vocal trio
• The Pioneer (Indian newspaper), an English-language newspaper published in India
• The Pioneer, a nineteenth-century literary journal edited by James Russell Lowell
• The pioneer (painting), a painting by Frederick McCubbin
• Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps, a drum and bugle corps located in greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• "Pioneers" (song), a single by Bloc Party
• "Pioneers! O Pioneers!", a poem by Walt Whitman
• St. Paul Pioneer Press, a newspaper based in St. Paul, Minnesota
• Pioneer One, an American independent film
• Pioneer Pictures, a Hollywood motion picture company
• Tomorrow's Pioneers, a Palestinian children's program

Astronomy

• Pioneer program, a series of NASA probes launched between 1958 and 1978
• Pioneer 0, (Thor-Able 1, Pioneer) - Lunar orbiter, destroyed (Thor failure 77 seconds after launch) August 17, 1958
• Pioneer 1, (Thor-Able 2, Pioneer I) - Lunar orbiter, missed Moon (third stage partial failure) October 11, 1958
• Pioneer 2, (Thor-Able 3, Pioneer II) - Lunar orbiter, reentry (third stage failure) November 8, 1958
• Pioneer 3, Lunar flyby, missed Moon due to launcher failure December 6, 1958
• Pioneer 4, Lunar flyby, achieved Earth escape velocity, launched March 3, 1959
• Pioneer P-1, (Atlas-Able 4A, Pioneer W), probe lost September 24, 1959
• Pioneer P-3, (Atlas-Able 4, Atlas-Able 4B, Pioneer X) - Lunar probe, lost in launcher failure November 26, 1959
• Pioneer 5, (Pioneer P-2, Thor-Able 4, Pioneer V) - interplanetary space between Earth and Venus, launched March 11, 1960
• Pioneer 6, 7, 8, and 9
• Pioneer P-30, (Atlas-Able 5A, Pioneer Y) - Lunar probe, failed to achieve lunar orbit September 25, 1960
• Pioneer P-31, (Atlas-Able 5B, Pioneer Z) - Lunar probe, lost in upper stage failure December 15, 1960
• Pioneer 10 (Pioneer F) - Jupiter, interstellar medium, launched March 1972
• Pioneer 11 (Pioneer G) - Jupiter, Saturn, interstellar medium, launched April 1973
• Pioneer H - identical to Pioneers 10 and 11, but never launched
• Pioneer Venus project, mission to Venus
• Pioneer plaque, pair of plaques which were placed on board Pioneer 10 and 11
• The Pioneer anomaly, or Pioneer effect, the observed deviation from predicted trajectories and velocities of various unmanned spacecraft visiting the outer solar system

Biology

• Pioneer species, a plant adapted to an otherwise barren environment
• Pioneer butterfly or Belenois aurota
• Ulmus × hollandica 'Pioneer', a species of elm

Business

• Pioneer Aerospace Corporation, a parachute and parafoil manufacturer.
• Pioneer Corporation, a Japan based manufacturer of audio, visual and electronic goods
• Geneon Universal Entertainment or Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company
• Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a former casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Pioneer Hi-Bred, a seed producer in the United States
• Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, a casino in Laughlin, Nevada
• Pioneer Investments, an investment management company
• Pioneer Energy, an independent gas station chain in Ontario
• Pioneer Surgical Technology, a Michigan based medical device company

Communist youth movement

• Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation, a communist youth organisation in East Germany
• Pioneers Palace, youth centers designated for the creative work, sport training and extracurricular activities of Young Pioneers and other schoolchildren
• Pioneer movement, a communist youth movement
• Pionýr, a youth organization in the Czech Republic
• Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia
• Young Pioneer camp, vacation or summer camp of Young Pioneers
• Young Pioneer organization of the Soviet Union

Geography

• Pioneer Island (disambiguation), multiple
• Pioneer Pass, a pass on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Pioneer, California
• Pioneer, Iowa
• Pioneer, Louisiana
• Pioneer, Ohio
• Pioneer, Singapore
• Pioneer, Tasmania
• Pioneer River, Queensland , Australia
• Pioneer Square, Seattle
• Pioneer Valley
• Shire of Pioneer, former Local Government Area in Australia

History

• American pioneer
• American pioneers to the Northwest Territory

Military

• Assault pioneer, a trained infantry soldier skilled in combat engineering tasks
• Fighting Pioneer Youth, an infantry brigade of the Israeli Army
• Pioneer (military), a type of soldier employed to perform engineering construction tasks
• Pioneer Column, a force raised by Cecil Rhodes in 1890 and used in his efforts to annex the territory of Mashonaland
• Royal Pioneer Corps, former British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks
• AAI RQ-2 Pioneer, an Israeli UAV
• RSD-10 Pioneer, a Soviet medium-range ballistic missile also known as the SS-20
• Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer, a British tank recovery and transport vehicle
• Scottish Aviation Pioneer, British military reconnaissance aircraft

Oceanography

• Pioneer Seamount, an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California

Politics and religion

• Pioneer (not typically capitalized), an appointed, male or female, full-time preacher of in the organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses
• Bush Pioneer, a person who gathered $100,000 for George W. Bush's 2000 or 2004 presidential campaign
• Mormon pioneers, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who migrated to the Salt Lake Valley
• Mormon handcart pioneers, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who migrated to the Salt Lake Valley using handcarts
• Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, an Irish organisation for Roman Catholics who abstain from drinking alcohol.
• Pioneering (Bahá'í), unpaid "missionary" work in the Bahá'í Faith
• Pioneers (missions agency), a Christian missionary organization
• Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, founders of the Cooperative movement

Schools

• Pioneer Conference (IHSAA), a school conference in Indiana
• Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan), a public high school in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Pioneer High School (San Jose), a public high school in San Jose, California
• Pioneer High School (Whittier, California), a public high school in Whittier, California
• Pioneer Junior College, a junior college in Singapore

Scouting

• Pioneering (Scouting), the art of creating structures using ropes and wooden spars
• Miniature pioneering, miniaturized version of pioneering construction

Ships

• HMS Pioneer, the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
• Pioneer (1862), a 19th century paddle-steamer gunboat used in New Zealand
• Pioneer (schooner), a ship at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City
• Pioneer (submarine), an 1862 submarine
• USC&GS Pioneer, the name of three ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
• USS Pioneer, the name of more than one vessel in the U.S. Navy

Sport

• A category for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
• Nickname for Grinnell College athletic teams
• St. George Pioneerzz, a former minor league baseball team
• Pioneer Baseball League, a minor league baseball league
• Pioneer Football League, a college athletic conference
• Pioneer Bowl, a bowl game between the highest-placing football teams from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Elmira Pioneers,an amateur baseball team
• Denver Pioneers, the sports teams of the University of Denver
• Western Mass Pioneers, American soccer team based in Ludlow, Massachusetts
• Bendigo Pioneers, an Australian rules football team
• Petach Tikva Pioneers, a baseball team in the Israel Baseball League

Transportation

• Pioneer (train), a now-discontinued passenger train operated by Amtrak
• Pioneer MRT Station, a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore
• Pioneer Zephyr, a retired diesel-powered railroad train

See also

• Innovator
• The Pioneer (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Club (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Day (disambiguation)
• Pioneer League (disambiguation)
• Pioneer Township (disambiguation)
• Pioner (disambiguation)
• Settler
• All pages beginning with "Pioneer"
• All pages with titles containing "Pioneer"

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