Today is a historic day...

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On this day, in 1971, the Mariner 9 departed for Mars.

After the occurrence of dust storms on the planet for several months following its arrival, the orbiter managed to send back clear pictures of the surface. Mariner 9 successfully returned 7,329 images over the course of its mission, which concluded in October 1972.

Really neat stuff!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_9

 

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