ocr: - ENI ROUTE FOR MARS Mariner 8 Despite the dual success of Mariners 6 and 7, Mariner: 8 quickly failed. The probe was programmed to go into a Mars orbit, described in 12 hours, to photograph alarge portion of the planet, particularly the polar regions. But 20 seconds after its launch from Cape Kennedy on May 9, 1971, on an Atlas Centaur 29 booster, the: second stage of the rocket went out of control and crashed into the Atlantic 260 kilometers from Puerto Rico. Mariner Mars 2 and 3 After: seven years of nactivity, the Soviets launched a new Mars mission with a new generation of spacecratt in 1 ...
