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MARINER MISSIONS

The Mariner 4 probe's mission was to explore Mars: the surface was known only through ground-based telescopes.

The images sent, although of poor quality, show a very different aspect of what we imagined: no channels, no life but craters as on the Moon.


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The surface of Mars as seen by Mariner 4 craters but no channels.
Credit : NASA
The launch of the probe Mariner on Nov. 4, 1964

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The surface of Mars as seen by Mariner 4: Valles Marineris