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Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft of NASA's interplanetary Mariner program, launched in 1962 to study Venus. It failed to reach orbit due to a guidance error and was destroyed by range safety.
Mariner 1 (R-1) – pierwsza sonda kosmiczna programu Mariner amerykańskiej agencji kosmicznej NASA. Planowanym celem lotu była planeta Wenus. Rakieta nośna z sondą na pokładzie została zniszczona 293 sekundy po starcie, który odbył się 22 lipca 1962, o godzinie 09:21:23 GMT, z Cape Canaveral. W katalogu COSPAR oznaczony jako 1962-F07.
Launch and mission information for NASA's Mariner 1 mission, the first attempt by the United States to send a spacecraft to Venus.
Mariner 1 was the first U.S. attempt to launch a spacecraft to explore Venus up close. It was intended to perform a Venus flyby. The spacecraft was lost to a software glitch. Investigators found a typo had caused a fault in the launch vehicle's guidance software.
Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft in the Mariner program to explore the inner Solar System, but it failed to reach orbit and was destroyed by range safety. It was launched on 22 July 1962 and was supposed to fly by Venus, but it suffered a guidance failure and veered off course.
Mariner 1 was launched in 1962 to perform a Venus flyby, but it was destroyed by the Range Safety Officer 293 seconds after launch due to guidance errors. The spacecraft was identical to Mariner 2, but had different scientific experiments and a larger solar panel area.
25 lip 2022 · Mariner 1 was a failed attempt to explore Venus in 1962, due to a software error and a rocket malfunction. Learn about the design, instruments, and mission of this pioneering spacecraft and its Soviet competitors.
