Mariner IV Mission Will Conclude Next Week

Monday, April 18, 2016 - 13:11 in Astronomy & Space

The Mariner IV spacecraft, having achieved its mission objectives and now in its 300th day of flight, will receive a command from Earth next week, concluding--but possibly only temporarily--the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's longest and most complex deep space mission.

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