File:Mariner 9 launches aboard Atlas-Centaur rocket in 1971 (KSC-71P-0354).jpg

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English: An Atlas-Centaur vehicle carrying the Mariner 9 spacecraft lifted off to Mars at 6:23 p.m. EDT, May 30, 1971, from Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 36B. The spacecraft is scheduled to orbit Mars following a six-month journey that will span 287 million miles. Mariner will map a major portion of the planet, studying selected areas to observe composition, density, pressure and temperature of the atmosphere and the temperature and composition of the surface. Two on-board television cameras will return highly detailed pictures of the Red Planet.
Date Taken on 30 May 1971
Source http://images.ksc.nasa.gov/photos/1971/captions/KSC-71P-0354.html (direct link)
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This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-71P-0354.

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