Mariner 8
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| Dry mass | 558. 8 kg |
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| Launch mass | 997. 9 kg |
| Launch date | May 9, 1971 |
| Cost | 554 million USD |
| Manufacturers | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Launch sites | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 36 | |
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| ID | 1247084 |
About Mariner 8
Mariner-H, also commonly known as Mariner 8, was part of the Mariner Mars '71 project. It was intended to go into Mars orbit and return images and data, but a launch vehicle failure prevented Mariner 8 from achieving Earth orbit and the spacecraft reentered into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after launch.
