Mariner 10 Spacecraft - Images and Engineering from JPL
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Aerospace Engineering Astronomy |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - General |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | JPL and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Description: | Website from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with history and technical details of the Mariner 10 spacecraft. The site has a number of detailed images and useful links. Image caption: "Here the Mariner 10 spacecraft is being assembled prior to its November 1973 launch. During its two-year mission, the spacecraft transmitted over 12,000 images of Mercury and Venus. The mission ended in March 1975. Mariner 10 is still orbiting the sun, even though its electronic systems have probably been destroyed by solar radiation." |
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| Keywords: | space exploration, space technology, Mariner 10, Mariner mission, space images, planetary exploration, venus, mercury |
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| Use of Resource: | Launched in November 1973, this mission provided new information about Mercury and Venus in the Mariner program's first dual-planet mission. On February 5, 1974, Mariner 10 made its first flyby of Venus and discovered evidence of rotating clouds. Beginning in March 1974, Mariner 10's three flybys past Mercury mapped about half of the planet's surface, during which time a thin atmosphere and a magnetic field were discovered. |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | October 2007 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/m10.htm |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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