Mariner 5
Mariner 5 was NASA's 1967 Venus-flyby mission using a converted Mariner 4 backup. The JPL spacecraft launched on June 14, passed 4,094 kilometers above Venus on October 19, and returned atmosphere, ionosphere, and space-physics measurements.
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- Mariner V missionMariner 67E mission1967-060A
- Name
- Mariner 5
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Mariner 5 was NASA's 1967 Venus-flyby mission using a converted Mariner 4 backup. The JPL spacecraft launched on June 14, passed 4,094 kilometers above Venus on October 19, and returned atmosphere, ionosphere, and space-physics measurements.
- End Date
- 1968-11-05
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful close Venus flyby that constrained the atmosphere and ionosphere and found a solar-wind bow shock without a detectable intrinsic magnetic field.
- Start Date
- 1967-06-14
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- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-5/
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 21:55:37 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 21:55:37 UTC
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