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Mariner 10

Also known as Mariner 73-2, Mariner 73J, Mariner-J, Mariner '73, PL-732A, Mariner Venus/Mercury 73, Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973

American space probe

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Mariner 10 was an American space probe that explored the inner solar system. It remains significant as the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the only probe to study that planet until many decades later.

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Part of: Mariner program
Operator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Country of origin: United States
Follows: Mariner 9
Diameter: 1.39
Mass: 29
Manufacturer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Official website: www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-10
Image: Mariner 10.jpg
Height: 3.7
Width: 8.0

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Commons category: Mariner 10
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1973-11-03
start point: Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
capital cost: 100000000
nominal power output: 820
destination point: Mercury
powered by: rocket engine
native label: Mariner 10

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Reprocessed Mariner 10 data was used to produce this image of Mercury. The smooth band is an area of which no images were taken.

Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to perform a flyby of multiple planets.

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Mariner 10

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