Mariner 10 first encounters Mercury
Date as reported
Mariner 10 completed its first Mercury flyby after a Venus gravity assist.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Flyby
- Mission
- Mariner 10
- Programme
- Mariner
- Organization
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Destination
- planet
- Target body
- Mercury
- Country
- US
Sources and attribution
- NASA — Mariner 10 (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.