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Mariner 4

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A NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory space probe, the fourth in the Mariner series, launched in November 1964 to perform the first successful flyby of Mars in July 1965. It returned the first close-up images ever taken of another planet from deep space, showing a cratered, apparently lifeless surface that reshaped scientific understanding of Mars.

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Spacecraft Type
Space Probe 1
Launch Date
1964-11-28 1
Manufacturer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1
Status
Retired; derelict in a heliocentric orbit. 1
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Wikimedia FoundationMariner 4, lead paragraph section
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conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationMariner 4, infobox
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationMariner 4, Micrometeoroid hits section
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The spacecraft is now derelict in a superior heliocentric orbit.
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