Mariner 10 Imaging
Mariner 10 returns more than two thousand photographs during its first Mercury encounter, providing the first close views of the planet.
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Bruce Murray Biography and Timeline
Follow Bruce Murray through 4 dated historical records for United States of America.
Bruce Murray, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1974–1975Years on this page
1974
Mercury South Polar Imaging
The second Mariner 10 flyby adds images of Mercury's southern polar region and expands the mapped surface.
1975
Mariner 10 Imaging
Mariner 10 obtains some of its highest-resolution Mercury images during the mission's third and closest flyby.
Mariner 10 Mission End
Ground controllers turn off Mariner 10's transmitter after the spacecraft exhausts its attitude-control gas following three Mercury encounters.
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