Bruce Murray1974
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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Mariner 10 returns more than two thousand photographs during its first Mercury encounter, providing the first close views of the planet.
Mariner 10 obtains some of its highest-resolution Mercury images during the mission's third and closest flyby.
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