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   Leaving Mercury behind, the spacecraft looped around the Sun and headed back to its target, helped along by subsequent course corrections May 9, May 10 and July 2, 1974. Mariner 10 flew by Mercury once more on at 20:59 UT Sept. 21, 1974, at a range of about 29,869 miles (48,069 kilometers), adding imagery of the southern polar region.

   • Nation: United States of America (USA)
   • Spacecraft: Mariner-73J / Mariner-J

   • Objective (s): Mercury Flyby, Venus Flyby
   • Spacecraft Mass: 1,100 pounds (502.9 kilograms)

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mariner_10Mariner 10 - Wikipedia

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   Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. [3] Mariner 10 was launched approximately two years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program.

3. www.astronomy.com › space-exploration › mariner-10-aMariner 10, a mission of firsts, used gravity to bend its way ...

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   Apr 1, 2024 · Looping back around the Sun, Mariner 10 returned for its second visit, Mercury II, over the planet’s southern hemisphere on Sept. 21. Although the flyby distance of 29,870 miles (48,070 km) was ...

4. science-atlas.com › spaceflight › mariner-10-firstMariner 10: First Pursuit to Mercury | Science-Atlas.com

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   Jan 6, 2022 · The vehicle’s first planetary encounter was with Venus on 3 November 1973. Mariner 10 took some 4,000 photos of Venus, which revealed a nearly round planet enveloped in smooth cloud layers. The Venus flyby deflected Mariner 10’s trajectory towards Mercury, which it flew past at 756 km altitude on 29 March 1974.

5. www.planetary.org › space-missions › every-mercuryEvery mission to Mercury ever | The Planetary Society

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   Mariner 10. Launch: 3 November 1973 Flyby 1: 29 March 1974 Flyby 2: 21 September 1974 Flyby 3: 16 March 1975. In the 1970s, NASA’s Mariner 10 made 3 flybys of Mercury, seeing the same side each time and revealing its crater-ridden surface and magnetic field.

6. www.jpl.nasa.gov › missions › mariner-10Mariner 10 - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

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   Nov 3, 1973 · Mariner 10. Mariner 10. The first mission to employ gravity assist, or using the gravity of a planet to alter a spacecraft's speed and trajectory to fly by its target planet, the Mariner 10 mission flew by both Venus and Mercury, snapping photos and collecting data.

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   How far did Mariner 10 fly from the Sun?

   • After looping once around the Sun while Mercury completed two orbits, Mariner 10 flew by Mercury again on 21 September 1974, at a more distant range of 48,069 kilometers (29,869 mi) below the southern hemisphere. A mosaic of images from the second encounter, covering the equator to the south pole.

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   When was Mariner 10 launched?

   • Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. Mariner 10 was launched approximately two years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program.

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   When did Mariner 10 fly?

   • With Mariner 10 set to fly on Nov. 3, 1973, in the event of disaster the spare had to be ready to go no later than Nov. 21. Meanwhile, Italian physicist Giuseppe Colombo suggested that Mariner 10’s trajectory following its March 1974 encounter of Mercury would permit a second flyby of the planet six months later.

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   When did Mariner 10 reencounter Mercury?

   • After completing a 176-day solar orbit following its first Mercury flyby, the Mariner 10 spacecraft successfully encountered Mercury for a second time on September 21, 1974 (Figure 4). The reencounter was at the same position in the solar system, 0.46 AU from the Sun. The spacecraft passed by the sunlit side of Mercury at an altitude of 48,069 km.

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   Could Mariner 10 make a second flyby of mercury?

   • Meanwhile, Italian physicist Giuseppe Colombo suggested that Mariner 10’s trajectory following its March 1974 encounter of Mercury would permit a second flyby of the planet six months later. That layered greater complexity onto an already complex mission but carried the potential to greatly expand the scientific yield from an unknown world.

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   Why was Mariner 10 important?

   • Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft sent to the planet Mercury; the first mission to explore two planets (Mercury and Venus) during a single mission; the first to return to its primary destination for another look; and the first to use a gravity assist to change its flight path. Mercury's southern hemisphere as seen during Mariner 10 flybys. 1.

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8. www.hq.nasa.gov › pao › HistoryMARINER 10 MISSION AND SPACECRAFT - NASA

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   After completing a 176-day solar orbit following its first Mercury flyby, the Mariner 10 spacecraft successfully encountered Mercury for a second time on September 21, 1974 (Figure 4). The reencounter was at the same position in the solar system, 0.46 AU from the Sun. The spacecraft passed by the sunlit side of Mercury at an altitude of 48,069 km.