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Mariner 4 spacecraft

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-son05-00100

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 20 cm

An illustration of NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft, the first successful mission to Mars. Mariner 4 was launched November 28, 1964 on a 228-day mission to Mars. The spacecraft carried instruments for eight interplanetary and planetary experiments including a TV camera. Mariner 4 passed Mars at a distance of 9,868 kilometers (6,118 miles), recording and transmitting to Earth our first close-up picture of the red planet. In 21 and a fraction of a 22nd picture, Mariner's TV camera scanned about one percent of the Martian surface, revealing ancient craters of varying size.

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1965 - ILLUSTRATION - MARINER - MARINER 4 - MARS - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -