Mariner 3 Mariner-64C Mars-flyby spacecraft family
Mariner 3 was NASA’s first 1964 Mars-flyby spacecraft, designed to photograph Mars after an eight-month journey and study interplanetary space. Its launch shroud failed to separate, the solar panels did not deploy, and the powerless probe never reached the planned Mars trajectory.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Mariner 3Mariner-CMariner-64CMariner 1964 C
- Family Name
- Mariner 3
- Full Name
- Mariner 3 Mariner-64C Mars-flyby spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybytechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Mariner 3 was NASA’s first 1964 Mars-flyby spacecraft, designed to photograph Mars after an eight-month journey and study interplanetary space. Its launch shroud failed to separate, the solar panels did not deploy, and the powerless probe never reached the planned Mars trajectory.
- First Flight Year
- 1,964
- Last Flight Year
- 1,964
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-3/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 07:42:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 01:31:25 UTC