Space Rocket History #381 – Mariner 8 & 9
Space Rocket History Podcast
Michael Annis
4.9 • 769 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Mariner 8 and 9 were virtually identical and designed to continue the atmospheric studies begun by Mariner 6 and 7, and to hopefully map over 70% of the Martian surface.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, listeners. If you are enjoying this podcast without commercial interruption and are |
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| 0:10.5 | spacerockethistory.com and click on the orange donate button or the Patreon link. Thanks. |
| 0:19.9 | We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. |
| 0:24.7 | Not because they are easy, but because they are hard. |
| 0:28.1 | Godspeed, John Glenn. |
| 0:30.4 | Roger, zero G, and I feel fine. |
| 0:33.3 | It might be right. Okay, I'm out. |
| 0:35.9 | How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder? |
| 0:40.1 | At last, huh? |
| 0:41.8 | In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it. |
| 0:44.6 | Lift-off. We have a lift-off. 32 minutes past the hour. |
| 0:49.2 | Lift-off on Apollo 11. |
| 0:51.8 | flipping Tanguality Base here. |
| 0:54.7 | The Eagle has landed. |
| 0:56.6 | That's one small step for man. |
| 1:00.2 | One giant leap for manned. |
| 1:08.9 | Hello and welcome. |
| 1:11.1 | This is Michael Annis, and you're listening to episode number 381 of the Space Rocket History podcast. |
| 1:18.3 | And now, Mariner 8 and 9. |
| 1:23.3 | Since it's been over eight years since I spoke about the Mariner program, |
| 1:29.3 | I thought it might be helpful to review how we reached the Mariner 9 mission. |
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