Mariner 10
Mariner 10 was NASA's Venus-and-Mercury flyby mission. It pioneered planetary gravity assist, using Venus to reach Mercury and then returning for two additional Mercury encounters.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Mariner-JMariner 73J1973-085A
- Name
- Mariner 10
- Slug
- mariner-10
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- Mariner 10 was NASA's Venus-and-Mercury flyby mission. It pioneered planetary gravity assist, using Venus to reach Mercury and then returning for two additional Mercury encounters.
- End Date
- 1975-03-24
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully surveyed Venus and completed three Mercury flybys before attitude-control gas depletion ended communications on March 24, 1975.
- Program
- Mariner
- Start Date
- 1973-11-03
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-10/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 11:56:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 11:56:19 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
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