ocr: The tragedies of space continue The Phobos probe Baikonur launch site ENI ROUTEL FOR MARS EN ROUTE FOR MARS Astronomical research naturally took a big leap forward when observation devices could at last be launched from Earth toward the Red Planet-whether for a simply fly-by or: for orbiting. Today many such probes have been sent to. Mars: the Soviet. Mars program, as well as the American Mariner program, particularly Mariner 4. and Mariner 9 that: sent back excellent images from Mars orbit in 1971. The adventure began in the early 1960s... Mars Observer Mars I Mars I was launched from Baikonu ...