Mariner 4 Mars Flyby Takes First Close-Up Planet Photos July 14, 1965
Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth.
Date: July 14, 1965
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