Congratulations to Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay on Astronomy Cast podcast #200! This week’s podcast is about the Mariner program, the first interplanetary series of missions. These successful spacecraft visited Mercury, Venus, and Mars, and laid the groundwork for the US missions to the outer planets. Let’s take a look at the program and their incredible accomplishments.
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