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OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. TELEPHONE 354-5011
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Two Mariner Spacecraft, Mariners 8 & 9, will be
launched to Mars this month.
The first launch date is Saturday, May 8th. The
launch window for that day is from 6:30 p.m., PDT to 6:51 p.m.,
PDT.
The second launch is scheduled ten days later, May
18th, from 4:33 p.m., PDT to 5:53 p.m., PDT.
If the first launch slips the second launch will
follow in ten days.
Arrival dates at Mars will occur on November 14th, and
November 24th this year, regardless of launch date.
The two spacecraft will orbit Mars for 90 days
photographing the surface and recording data on the make-up
of the atmosphere, temperatures on the surface and in the
atmosphere and atmospheric pressures.
Mariner 8 will be assigned the basic objective of
mapping 70% of the planet's surface. Mariner 9 will study
changes that occur on the surface and in the atmosphere over a
period of time.
The press room at JPL will open two hours before
launch.
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Numbers for the PIO Staff are:
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Frank Colella 354-5011 354-6000 790-1652
Frank Bristow " " 790-5140
Bob MacMillin " " 790-7849
Allan Wood " " 355-1814
Bill Becker " " 454-0217
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