Mariner 3
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| Name | Mariner 3 |
| Nation | United States |
| Objective(s) | Make scientific measurements in the vicinity of Mars and to obtain photographs of the planet's surface and transmit these to Earth |
| Craft | Mariner 3 |
| Craft – Weight | 260.8 kg |
| Administration and planning of mission |
JPL - NASA |
| Launch vehicle | Atlas-Agena D |
| Date and time of launch |
05 November 1964 at 19:22:05 UTC |
| Launched from | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13 |
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Mariner 3 and 4 were identical spacecraft of the Mariner program designed to carry out the first flybys of Mars. Mariner 3 was launched on November 5, 1964, but the shroud encasing the spacecraft atop its rocket failed to open properly, and Mariner 3 did not get to Mars. Unable to collect the Sun's energy for power from its solar panels, the probe soon died when its batteries ran out and is now in solar orbit. Three weeks later, on November 28, 1964, Mariner 4 was launched successfully on an eight-month voyage to the red planet.
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| Previous mission: Mariner 2 | Next mission: Mariner 4 | |
| Mariner 1 | Mariner 2 | Mariner 3 | Mariner 4 | Mariner 5 | Mariner 6 and 7 | Mariner 8 | Mariner 9 | Mariner 10 | ||
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| edit Failed & Cancelled missions to the Planet Mars | |
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| Failed: | Marsnik program | Sputnik 22 | Mars 1 | Sputnik 24 | Mariner 3 | Zond 2 | Mars 1969A | Mars 1969B | Mariner 8 | Cosmos 419 | Mars 6 | Mars 7 | Phobos 1 | Mars Observer | Mars 96 | Nozomi | Mars Climate Orbiter | Mars Polar Lander | Deep Space 2 | Beagle 2 |
| Cancelled: | Voyager | Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander | NetLander | Mars Telecommunications Orbiter |
