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    Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars. It arrived at Mars in November 1972 and established an orbit around Mars, sending back images and data for over a year. The mission provided valuable insights into Mars' geology and climate and proved that spacecraft could successfully orbit another planet.

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    Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars. It arrived at Mars in November 1972 and established an orbit around Mars, sending back images and data for over a year. The mission provided valuable insights into Mars' geology and climate and proved that spacecraft could successfully orbit another planet.

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    Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars. It arrived at Mars in November 1972 and established an orbit around Mars, sending back images and data for over a year. The mission provided valuable insights into Mars' geology and climate and proved that spacecraft could successfully orbit another planet.

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    Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars. It arrived at Mars in November 1972 and established an orbit around Mars, sending back images and data for over a year. The mission provided valuable insights into Mars' geology and climate and proved that spacecraft could successfully orbit another planet.

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    Mariner 9 was the first spacecraft to orbit another planet, Mars. It arrived at Mars on November 13, 1972 and established orbit nine miles above Mars' surface, where it remained for over a year, studying the planet.

    Mariner 9 was an orbiter mission, which required much more computing capability than previous flyby missions to keep the spacecraft in orbit around Mars and study the planet from a stable orbit.

    Mariner 9 carried instruments like ultraviolet and infrared spectrometers, wide-angle and narrow-angle television cameras, an infrared radiometer, and sensors to determine its orientation relative to the sun and a reference star.

    History

    Launched on May 30, 1972, Mariner 9 was the


    first spacecraft to orbit another planet. The
    spacecraft followed the same design as its
    predecessors, Mariners 6 and 7. However,
    Mariner 9, being an orbiter, would need a
    whole lot more muscle than her lanky older
    sisters to keep her in orbit.

    were orbiters), however, Mars was a much


    more distant body, and getting a spacecraft to
    orbit a planet one au away would be an
    infinitely more complex task. While a flyby
    would be akin to shooting a .22 Long Rifle past
    a boulder some three miles away, an orbiter
    mission would be something along the lines of
    using that same round to only graze the moss
    Up until the 1970s, planetary exploration had along the entire side of the boulder without
    been done with flyby spacecraft, essentially
    embedding the round in the rock itself. Also,
    artillery shells filled with instrumentation and our poor rifleman would have the added
    basic attitude control. An orbiter would
    inconvenience of the boulder moving at some
    require a lot more computing capability in or- 30 mph.
    der to keep the ship in orbit; to make sure that
    the craft was never too high or too low,
    Despite what seemed to be a nigh-impossible
    ascending too fast or descending into oblivion. task, Mariner 9 arrived at Mars on November
    13, 1972, establishing orbit nine miles above
    Orbiters had been sent to the moon (after all, Mars surface. The ship is still in orbit as of
    the testflights and eventual Apollo Missions
    November 2011, forty years after her launch.

    Instrument Package
    (Front faces Panel 2)

    Maneuvering
    Thruster goes
    on bus top

    Position Instrument
    Mount so that the
    Instrument Package
    tilts down.

    Propulsion Bus
    Bottom here

    (Optional) Solar Array Support Struts


    5
    6

    Propulsion Bus
    Top

    Instrument Bus
    goes here

    Propulsion Bus
    Assy goes here

    November 13, 2011


    marked the 40th
    anniversary of
    Mariner 9s Mars
    arrival.
    3
    Place HGA
    above Panel 1

    Panel
    1

    Propulsion Bus
    Bottom
    Copyright 2011 Bryan Tan
    RocketmanTan.deviantart.com

    I imagine the emissaries of


    Earthcitizens of many
    nationswandering down an
    ancient river-valley on Mars,
    trying to understand how a
    quiet, Earthlike world was
    converted into a permanent
    ice-age, and looking for signs
    of ancient life along the
    riverbanks. In the long run,
    the significance of such a
    mission is nothing less than
    the conversion of humanity
    into a multi-planet species.
    Carl Sagan

    Mariner 9 was shut down on


    October 27, 1972 after depleting
    her supply of attitude control
    fuel. She is expected to enter
    Mars atmosphere sometime in
    2022, fifty one years after her
    launch.

    Mount Corbels against the Instrument Bus

    Mariner 9s Instrumentation:
    UVS Ultraviolet Spectrometer
    IRIS Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
    Canopus Sensor The ships sextant; used
    Canopus as the main reference point for
    attitude control.
    Sun Sensor Same as the Canopus sensor,
    but used the sun instead.
    HGA, MGA, and LGA
    Wide & Narrow-Angle TV Cameras
    IRR Infrared Radiometer

    MGA goes on
    left side of
    Panel 8

    Star sensor
    goes to the
    right of Panel 2

    LGA goes behind


    the Propulsion
    Bus

    Copyright 2011 Bryan Tan


    RocketmanTan.deviantart.com

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