Mariner 6
NASA/JPL’s Mariner 6 was a Mars-flyby spacecraft designed with Mariner 7 to study the Martian surface and atmosphere and develop technology for later missions. It returned close-range images and measurements of Mars during its July 1969 encounter.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Mariner-69FMariner-F1969-014A
- Name
- Mariner 6
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- NASA/JPL’s Mariner 6 was a Mars-flyby spacecraft designed with Mariner 7 to study the Martian surface and atmosphere and develop technology for later missions. It returned close-range images and measurements of Mars during its July 1969 encounter.
- Destination
- Mars flyby at approximately 3,429 km range for imaging and studies of the Martian surface and atmosphere, followed by heliocentric orbit at approximately 1.14 x 1.75 AU
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- Outcome
- Successful Mars flyby on July 31, 1969; Mariner 6 returned 24 near-encounter images and atmospheric, surface, and space-environment measurements, then continued heliocentric operations with data received into 1971.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1969-02-25
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-6/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 18:32:23 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 00:02:54 UTC
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