You're Right! Also during 1972: Germany pays $5 million to hijackers of a jumbo jet for the release of passengers held hostage. Five burgulars are charged with breaking into the Washington, D.C., office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex. The Pioneer 10 spacecraft takes a 21-month journey to Jupiter, beaming back to earth detailed photos of the planet and its moons. President Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to visit Moscow. He spends one week there in talks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.