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Mariner 10

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Mariner 10

First Mercury mission and first gravity-assist trajectory.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
3 Nov 1973
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Venus / Mercury
Category
Planetary flyby
Status
Success
Vehicle
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Mariner 10 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of United States's work toward venus / mercury. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First Mercury mission and first gravity-assist trajectory.

Results

First Mercury mission and first gravity-assist trajectory.

Related missions

Mariner 10 Pioneer 11 — same_program Pioneer 11 Pioneer 10 — same_program Pioneer 10 Mariner 6 — same_program Mariner 6 Mariner 7 — same_program Mariner 7

Sources & image credits

  • NASA, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog