Photograph of Mars taken during the Mariner exploration of Mars. The Mariner program was a joint collaboration between National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of interplanetary robotic probes that went to Mercury, Venus, and Mars. They began in 1962 with the last mission in 1973. The Mariner program consisted of ten Mariner space crafts and missions. Mariners 3, 4, 5, were flybys of the planet Mars; Mariners 8 and 9 orbited Mars. Photograph from the Claude Knuckles collection.
Subject
Mars (Planet); Project Mariner (U.S.); Photographs from space
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Collection
NMSU Department of Astronomy: Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers
Digital Identifier
Ms0407ph_1333.jpg
Source
NMSU Library Archives & Special Collections Department
