[DOC] [TLE] Mariner 9: First Spacecraft to Orbit Mars - Space.com [PAR] Nov 12, 2012 ... The spacecraft discovered the vast Valles Marineris canyon. ... Mariner 9 was the 
first spacecraft to orbit another planet. It arrived at Mars in 1971 and changed our 
perceptions of the Red Planet. ... It fired its rocket for just over 15 minutes to put 
itself into orbit  a major accomplishment for NASA after the... [DOC] [TLE] BBC ON THIS DAY | 13 | 1971: American probe orbits Mars [PAR] Pioneering space probe Mariner 9 reaches Mars and goes into orbit, but 
scientists ... the Red Planet set to take it within 800 miles (1,290 km) of the 
surface. ... which runs the Mariner missions, show four striking black dots rising 
above the mist. ... with gigantic volcanoes over twice the height of the largest 
found on Earth, and... [DOC] [TLE] Mariner 9 - Wikipedia [PAR] Mariner 9 was an unmanned NASA space probe that contributed greatly to the 
exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. Mariner 9 was 
launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 
and reached the planet ... Mariner 9 returned 7329 images over the course of its 
mission, which... [DOC] [TLE] Mariner 9 - nssdc - NASA [PAR] For the survey portion of the mission, the planetary surface was to be mapped 
with the same ... Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. [DOC] [TLE] CHRONOLOGY OF DEFINING EVENTS IN NASA HISTORY [PAR] He reached a speed of 5,100 miles per hour and his flight lasted 14.8 minutes. ... 
These suborbital flights, however, proved valuable for NASA technicians who 
found ways to solve or .... 3 Oct. 1967 The X-15 experimental rocket plane set a 
speed record for .... 1971 Mariner 9: The first mission to orbit another planet (Mars
). [DOC] [TLE] Science - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] Astroblame is a scar on the Earth's surface caused by a meteor ... Arthur C Clarke 
Communication satellites orbit in a belt 22,300 miles above the .... In 1971 
Mariner 9 discovered a volcano on this planet rising 15 1/2 miles above the 
surface. [DOC] [TLE] Mercury - Views of the Solar System [PAR] If an explorer were to step onto the surface of Mercury, he would discover a world 
... Fault-cliffs rise for several kilometers in height and extend for hundreds of 
kilometers. ... Later in 1971, Goldstein refined the rotation period to be 58.65 +- 
0.25 days using ... Even before Mariner 10, Mercury was known to have a high 
density. [DOC] [TLE] The Martian Chroniclers - The New Yorker [PAR] Apr 22, 2013 ... A new era in planetary exploration. ... The spacecraft flew less than a thousand 
miles above the surfacesix times closer than Mariner 4with... [DOC] [TLE] Mars -- Britannica Academic - the NEW Britannica Academic [PAR] It is also the only planet whose solid surface and atmospheric phenomena can 
be seen .... taken by the twin Mariner 6 and 7 spacecraft when they flew by Mars 
in 1969. .... Water vapour is mixed uniformly up to altitudes of 1015 km (69 
miles) and .... On or near the Tharsis rise are the planet's largest volcanoes (see 
below... [DOC] [TLE] Mars Insight Lander is a NASA Mars mission & part of the NASA ... [PAR] Planet Mars, Red Planet, Discovery Program, Mars Insight, Insight Lander, Planet 
.... 16 miles above the Martian surface, making it the solar system's tallest volcano
. ..... Mariner Mars, 1971 Mariner, Planet Mariner, Nasa Mariner 9, Mariner 9'S, ... 
14 of the same year,[1][2] becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. [DOC] [TLE] Plate 2 (pdf) - USGS Publications Warehouse - U.S. Geological Survey [PAR] and on some of Earth 5 neighboring planets and their satellites ... (about 
238.000 miles) away (see g. ... USGS began producing base maps from Mariner 
9 .... and gave rise to tales .... Mariner 9 began to orbit Mars in November 1971. 
.... Figure 15. Part of the 1:15.0001100-scale shadedrelief and surface 
markings map... [DOC] [TLE] Mariner 9 & 10 - APOLLO MISSION CONTROL PHOTO PLUS

Question: In 1971 Mariner 9 discovered a volcano on this planet rising 15 1/2 miles above the surface
Answer: Mars