{"id":638241,"date":"2024-03-28T12:52:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=638241"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:52:32","slug":"mariner-7-goes-to-mars","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/mariner-7-goes-to-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariner 7 Goes to Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1591\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?w=1591\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A black-and-white photo of the Mariner 7 launch. An Atlas-Centaur rocket takes off, flames pouring out underneath it and smoke billowing off to the left. The words "United States" are written on the rocket. A few wispy clouds are visible in the sky.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg 2330w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=233,300 233w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=768,989 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=795,1024 795w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=1193,1536 1193w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=1591,2048 1591w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=311,400 311w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=466,600 466w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=699,900 699w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=932,1200 932w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?resize=1553,2000 1553w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1591px) 100vw, 1591px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>55 years ago, on March 27, 1969, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/centaur-americas-workhorse-in-space\/\">Atlas-Centaur rocket<\/a> launched from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mariner-7\" rel=\"noopener\">Mariner 7<\/a> on its way to study Mars. Mariner 7 was the second Mars probe; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mariner-6\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mariner 6<\/a> launched Feb. 24, 1969, to investigate Mars\u2019 equator. Mariner 7 made a close flyby of Mars just five days after Mariner 6. Scientists were able to instruct it to take additional pictures of the south pole, which had piqued their interest during Mariner 6’s flyby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mariner-program\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mariner program<\/a> launched 10 missions to explore Mercury, Venus, and Mars through flybys or orbits. These missions proved that interplanetary exploration was workable with small, low-cost spacecraft, laying the groundwork for all the deep space exploration missions that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>55 years ago, on March 27, 1969, an Atlas-Centaur rocket launched from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending Mariner 7 on its way to study Mars. Mariner 7 was the second Mars probe; Mariner 6 launched Feb. 24, 1969, to investigate Mars\u2019 equator. Mariner 7 made a close flyby of Mars just five days […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":638232,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[3114],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[11483],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Mariner 7 Goes to Mars","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/mariner-7-goes-to-mars\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/mariner-7-goes-to-mars\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Monika Luabeya"}],"creator":["Monika Luabeya"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Missions","Mariner","Mariner 7"],"dateCreated":"2024-03-28T16:52:31Z","datePublished":"2024-03-28T16:52:31Z","dateModified":"2024-03-28T16:52:32Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Mariner 7 Goes to Mars\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/mariner-7-goes-to-mars\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2024-03-28T16:52:31Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Missions,Mariner,Mariner 7\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Monika Luabeya\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":1,"featured_image":{"id":638232,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/101-ksc-69p-223orig.jpg","title":"Mariner 7 Goes to Mars","alt":"A black-and-white photo of the Mariner 7 launch. An Atlas-Centaur rocket takes off, flames pouring out underneath it and smoke billowing off to the left. The words \"United States\" are written on the rocket. A few wispy clouds are visible in the sky.","caption":"An Atlas-Centaur launched at 5:22 p.m. EST on March 27, 1969, to send Mariner 7 on its way to Mars. Mariner 7 joined its sister spacecraft, Mariner 6, on a journey that carried them within 2,000 miles of the red planet that summer. Mariner 6 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 24 and investigated the Martian equatorial area while Mariner 7 concentrated on the south polar cap."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/image-article\/638241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/image-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/image-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/image-article\/638241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638290,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/image-article\/638241\/revisions\/638290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638241"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=638241"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=638241"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=638241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}