1971 · United States Air Force
Mariner 9
successAtlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 9
Mars orbiter designed to map 70% of the Martian surface and study temporal changes in the Martian atmosphere and surface.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 30, 1971 at 10:23 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B
- Mission
- Mariner 9
- Mission type
- Robotic Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Mars Orbit