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MARINER 9 · CHAPTER 2 OF 4 · 14 November 1971
Mars orbit and dust storm
Mariner 9 entered orbit as dust hid the surface.
The spacecraft carried cameras and instruments for a pioneering survey of Mars.
Its results shaped every later Mars orbiter and lander.
◉ REÁLNÉ FOTOPohled na marsovské údolí.sources: NASA — Mariner 9 · NASA History — Mariner 9 · NSSDCA — Mariner 9 — full list on Mariner 9