Launch of Mariner 10:Nov 3, 1973

November 3, 1973, the last launch in a series of Mariner missions designed to survey other planets in the solar system.
In 1974, Mariner 10 made its first flyby of Venus, discovering evidence of rotating clouds and later accomplished three flybys past Mercury mapping about half of the planet's surface and revealing its thin atmosphere and magnetic field.. The Mariner 10 mission lasted until March 1975 when the spacecraft was shut down and placed in orbit around the sun."
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/twan_10_31_08.html

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[khaalajaan]

this is soo tight!! :O