Mariner 9

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, both of which arrived at Mars only weeks later.

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orbiter, robotic spacecraft, Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D, 

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1971 Mariner 9

1971-11-14T00:00:00Z

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orbital activity

1972-10-27T00:00:00Z

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service retirement

1971-05-30T00:00:00Z

1971-05-30T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

1971-11-14T00:00:00Z

1971-11-14T00:00:00Z

orbit insertion

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Mariner 9 undergoes final checks (cropped)

Schematic of Mariner 9

Mariner 89

Schematic of Mariner 9

Mariner 9

Mariner 9

Mariner 9 undergoes final checks

Launch of Atlas-Centaur carrying Mariner 9 Mars probe

1971 Events montage 16-grid version

• The new Mars; the discoveries of Mariner 9 / eds. William K Hartmann; Odell Raper. - 1974 - book, 1974, online
• Index of Mariner 9 mapping pictures of Mars - scientific article published in 1975, online
• Mars as viewed by Mariner 9 : a pictorial presentation by the Mariner 9 television team and the planetology program principal investigators. - 1974 - book, English, 1974
• Martian winter atmosphere at north high latitudes: Mariner 9 IRIS data revisited - article, Q1860, 2002
• The Martian atmosphere in the region of the great volcanoes: Mariner 9 IRIS data revisited - , Q1860, 2001
• Index of Mariner 9 Albedo mapping pictures of Mars - scientific article published in 1975
• Water vapour abundance in Martian atmosphere from revised Mariner 9 IRIS data - , Q1860, 2002

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Mariner 9 undergoes final checks (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Schematic of Mariner 9		Commons
commons	image		Mariner 89		Commons
commons	image		Schematic of Mariner 9		Commons
commons	image		Mariner 9		Commons
commons	image		Mariner 9		Commons
commons	image		Mariner 9 undergoes final checks		Commons
commons	image		Launch of Atlas-Centaur carrying Mariner 9 Mars probe		Commons
commons	image		1971 Events montage 16-grid version		Commons