From the Archives: First successful mission to Mars launched on this day in 1964 – The San Diego Union-Tribune

On Nov. 28, 1964, NASA launched a successful journey to Mars. In July 1965 the Mariner 4 spacecraft made history when it completed the first flyby of the red planet and sent 21 grainy black-and-white images of Mars back to Earth.
The 1965 pictures showed…

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