Mission Name Mariner 6 & 7 LASP Instruments UV Spectrometer Principal Investigator: Charles A Barth Destination Mars Flyby Launch Date February 24th, 1969 and March 27th, 1969 Launch Location Kenendy Space Center Launch Vehicle Atlas-Centaur Mission Duration 6 months Mission Description/ LASP involvement   LASP Divisions Involved Science LASP Mission Web Page   Official Mission Web Page http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1969-014A.html

Mariner 6 and 7 comprised a dual-spacecraft mission to Mars, the sixth and seventh missions in the Mariner series of spacecraft used for planetary exploration in the flyby mode. The primary objectives of the missions were to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars during close flybys to establish the basis for future investigations, particularly those relevant to the search for extraterrestrial life, and to demonstrate and develop technologies required for future Mars missions and other long-duration missions far from the Sun. Mariner 6 also had the objective of providing experience and data which would be useful in programming the Mariner 7 encounter 5 days later. Each spacecraft carried a wide- and narrow-angle television camera, an infrared spectroscope, an infrared radiometer, and an ultraviolet spectroscope. The spacecraft were oriented entirely to planetary data acquisition, and no data were obtained during the trip to Mars or beyond Mars.

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