MISSION NAME
Mariner 8 8
Status
Failure
DATE
9 MAY 1971
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Description
Mars orbiter designed to map 70% of the Martian surface and study temporal changes in the Martian atmosphere and surface.
Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
Rocket Description
The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.