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MARINER 9 SPACE PROBE UNDERGOES FINAL CHECKS PRIOR TO ENCAPSULATION

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A technician checks the Mariner I spacecraft prior to its encapsulation for launch to Mars. An Atlas-Centaur rocket successfully launched the mars-bound spacecraft from Cape Kennedy at 6:23 p.m. EDT, May 30, 1971. Designated Mariner 9 following launch, the probe will arrive at Mars in mid-November. It will transmit scientific data about that planet's surface and atmosphere.

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20 May 1971

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http://nix.larc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=22sidxj3uc1s0?id=KSC-71P-0366&orgid=5

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NASA Kennedy Space Center (NASA-KSC), image IDs: KSC-71P-0366, 101-KSC-71P-366, P-21459, ARCHIVE-04652

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