SPACE NOTES

Mariner 6 sends home crucial data about Mars

By ALEX SHEETS/Contributing Writer
Posted 2/28/25

On Feb. 25, 1969, NASA launched the Mariner 6 probe to Mars. The spacecraft was to perform a close flyby of the planet and transmit the data it captured back to Earth.

Mariner 6 was equipped …

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