Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft of the American Mariner program. A range safety officer ordered its destructive abort at 09:26:16 UT 294.5 seconds after it was launched on July 22 1962 as a Venus flyby mission.According to NASA’s current account for the public:The booster had performed satisfactorily until an unscheduled yaw-lift (northeast) maneuver was detected by the range safety officer.
