Mariner 9
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mariner-9-176-18971589
title:
Mariner 9
text:
Mariner 9 was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971, from LC-36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and reached the planet on November 14 of the same year, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet – only narrowly beating the Soviet probes Mars 2 and Mars 3, which both arrived at Mars only weeks later. After the occurrence of dust storms on the pl
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
First spacecraft to enter orbit around Mars (1971–1972)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_9
date created:
2001-09-30T11:03:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T08:07:34Z
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