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- Mariner 1: Attempted Venus flyby, 1962, destroyed shortly after launch when vehicle veered off course.
- Mariner 2: Venus flyby, 1962.
- Mariner 2 history: Mariner-Venus 1962 Final Project Report (NASA SP-59, 1965)
- Mariner 3: Attempted Mars flyby, 1964, transmissions ceased 9 hours after launch, spacecraft entered solar orbit.
- Mariner 4: Mars flyby, 1964-1965.
- Mariner 5: Venus flyby, 1967.
- Mariner 6: Mars flyby, 1969.
- Mariner 7: Mars flyby, 1969.
- Mariner 8: Attempted Mars orbiter, 1971, Centaur stage malfunctioned shortly after launch.
- Mariner 9: Mars orbiter, 1971.
- Mariner 10: Venus/Mercury flyby, 1973-1975.
- Mariner 10 history: The Voyage of Mariner 10: Mission to Venus and Mercury. (NASA SP-424, 1978) by James A. Dunne and Eric Burgess.
MARS CHRONOLOGIES AND TIMELINES
- The Mariner Mars program: NSSDC page describing the Mariner Program.
- This chronology by Asif Siddiqi covers lunar as well as planetary probes: Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 24, 2002 (NASA SP-2002-4524).
- NSSDC's Mars Page. with a chronology of Mars missions and links to other pages.
- A Chronology of Mars Exploration.
VENUS CHRONOLOGY
- A Chronology of Venus Exploration.
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