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As part of NASA’s wider Mariner program Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 (Mariner Mars 69A and Mariner Mars 69B) completed the first dual mission to Mars in 1969. Mariner 6 was launched from Launch Complex 36B at Cape Kennedy and Mariner 7 from Launch Complex 36A at Cape Kennedy. The craft flew over the equator and south polar regions analyzing the atmosphere and the surface with remote sensors and recording and relaying hundreds of pictures.

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