Mariner 7 Stories
50 Years Ago: Mariner 6 and 7 Explore Mars
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Lost in the publicity glare following the Apollo 11 Moon landing, two intrepid robotic spacecraft flew by Mars in the summer of 1969 and returned photographs and much useful scientific information about the Red Planet. Managed by the Jet Propulsion…
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Mars full disk approach view from Mariner 7
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This image from NASA's Mariner 7 shows NIX Olympia (later identified as the giant shield volcano Olympus Mons), and polar caps on Mars.
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