ocr: - - à 1 : € ) - ENI ROUTE FOR MARS Mariners 6 and 7 Itwas five years before the next Mars mission was launched. During this time, the Moon was the focus of space research. The Apollo program was crowned with success when the Apollo 11 crew made the first successful manned lunar landing on. July 20, 1969. A few days later, on July 31, Mariner 6-launched on rebruary 25, 1969-flew within 3427 kilometers of Mars. Mariner 6 obtained about 100 photographs during the. approach and fly-by. In addition Mariner 6 its ultraviolet spectrometer, sweeping the planet in three seconds, revealed the existence ...
