Giuseppe Colombo29 March 1974
Mariner 10 makes the first spacecraft flyby of Mercury, validating the trajectory that permits later repeat encounters.
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Mariner 10 makes the first spacecraft flyby of Mercury, validating the trajectory that permits later repeat encounters.
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