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Mariner 8
Launch FailureLaunch Details
Date: 9 May 1971, 01:11 am UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Mars Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Mars orbiter designed to map 70% of the Martian surface and study temporal changes in the Martian atmosphere and surface.