A NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory space probe, the fourth in the Mariner series, launched in November 1964 to perform the first successful flyby of Mars in July 1965. It returned the first close-up images ever taken of another planet from deep space, showing a cratered, apparently lifeless surface that reshaped scientific understanding of Mars.
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Spacecraft Type ManufacturerJet Propulsion Laboratory 1 StatusRetired; derelict in a heliocentric orbit. 1 Status
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Wikimedia FoundationMariner 4, lead paragraph section
conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars
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The spacecraft is now derelict in a superior heliocentric orbit.
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In Group: Mars Orbiters and Flyby Probes, Mariner 4 (Mariner C-3, together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was the fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to conductView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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