Cosmic Exploration · mission
Mariner 10
1973 · NASA · Mercury and Venus · Completed
- Agency
- NASA
- Status
- Completed
- End Date
- 1975-03-24
- Destination
- Mercury and Venus
- Launch Date
- 1973-11-03
Objective
The first mission to use a gravity assist, swinging past Venus to reach Mercury — the technique every outer-planet mission has depended on since.
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