Its voyage was unique in many ways, as it was the first NASA space probe to make use of a gravitational slingshot and its solar panels were adjusted in such a way as to allow the solar wind to help to orient the vessel during flight.
Its voyage was unique in many ways, as it was the first NASA space probe to make use of a gravitational slingshot and its solar panels were adjusted in such a way as to allow the solar wind to help to orient the vessel during flight.* From its observations, scientists came to the conclusion that Mercury is contracting as its core slowly freezes and it mapped roughly 45% of the surface of that planet during its three flybys. FTP, what is this final mission of the space program just prior to Voyager which also used a near- ultraviolet filter to take pictures of the Venusian atmosphere?
Its voyage was unique in many ways, as it was the first NASA space probe to make use of a gravitational slingshot and its solar panels were adjusted in such a way as to allow the solar wind to help to orient the vessel during flight.
Mariner 10