Mariner 8

The mariner 8s mission was to orbit mars and take pictures to see if there was life on Mars.

Sadly the Mariner 8 failed to do its mission and crashed leaving scientist to make the Mariner 9 to finish the mission.

Mission Type- orbital Was suppose to return to Earth safely and

deliver the pictures

Mission of the mariner 8

The Mariner in space

The mariner 8 was designed to look like a mythical creature.

It was also designed to stay for a long time. It was designed to be strong enough to be

able to withstand the atmosphere in space. It was supposedly return to Earth safely but

it crash instead

How was the mariner 8 constructed?

The structure of the Mariner 8

U.S. Mariner 8 was made to fly by Mars and take photos, but when it launched ,it flew then crashed in the Atlantic Ocean of a vehicle failure. If Mariner 8 was:

Flyby of Mars Launch date – May 8 1971 Vehicle launcher –Atlas-Centaur Cape Canaveral Air Force station Florida

the heroic history of the mariner 8

Its horrible remains

The Mariner 8 was a satellite it could be ether or.

As we thought it was unmanned After a lot of research we found that it was

delivered by a manned rocket ship. While the rocket was in space they launched

into space.

Manned or unmanned?

The Mariner 9 was based upon Mariner 8 model.

Mariner 8 was apart of the mariner 71 project.

The launch failure of Mariner 8 forced Mariner 9 to combine the mission objectives of both.

The Mariner 8 was launch on a atlas Centaur SLU-3C booster.

The Centaur returned safely to Earth but the Mariner 8 wasn’t so lucky.

Fun Facts

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