Mariner 7
NASA/JPL’s Mariner 7 was the twin Mars-flyby spacecraft to Mariner 6, designed to study the Martian surface and atmosphere and develop technology for later missions. It returned far- and near-encounter images and measurements during its August 1969 encounter.
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- Mariner-69GMariner-G1969-030A
- Name
- Mariner 7
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- NASA/JPL’s Mariner 7 was the twin Mars-flyby spacecraft to Mariner 6, designed to study the Martian surface and atmosphere and develop technology for later missions. It returned far- and near-encounter images and measurements during its August 1969 encounter.
- Destination
- Mars flyby at approximately 3,430 km range for enhanced south-polar imaging and studies of the Martian surface and atmosphere, followed by heliocentric orbit at approximately 1.11 x 1.70 AU
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- Outcome
- Successful Mars flyby on August 5, 1969; Mariner 7 recovered from a high-gain antenna anomaly, returned 93 far-encounter and 33 near-encounter images plus atmospheric measurements, and continued heliocentric operations with data received into 1971.
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- Start Date
- 1969-03-27
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- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-7/
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- August 14, 2026 at 18:35:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 00:02:55 UTC
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