May 19 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. May 30 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars. Nov 13 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully.
May 19 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. May 30 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars. Nov 13 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully.
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Was a spacecraft of the Mariner program that carried a
complement of experiments to probe Venus' atmosphere by radio
occulation.
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mariner
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The mariner program was a series of launches by NASA in the 60's
and 70's which took space probes to mercury, Venus and mars. These
bought detailed pictures of the inner planets back to earth for the
first time.