Mariner 9 enters Mars orbit
Date as reported
Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Orbit insertion
- Mission
- Mariner 9
- Programme
- Mariner
- Organization
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Destination
- planet
- Target body
- Mars
- Country
- US
Sources and attribution
- NASA — 60 moments in NASA history (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.