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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
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Title:
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First Image from Mariner 4
Title
First Image from Mariner 4
Title
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Full Description:
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A "real-time data translator" machine converted Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on strips of paper. Too anxious to wait for the official processed image, employees from the Voyager Telecommunications Section attached these strips side by side to a display panel and hand colored the numbers like a paint-by-numbers picture. The completed image was framed and presented to JPL director, William Pickering. Mariner 4 was launched on November 28, 1964 and journeyed for 228 days to the Red Planet, providing the first close-range images of Mars. The spacecraft carried a television camera and six other science instruments to study the Martian atmosphere and surface. The 22 photographs taken by Mariner revealed the existence of lunar type craters upon a desert-like surface. After completing its mission, Mariner 4 continued past Mars to the far side of the Sun. On December 20, 1967, all operations of the spacecraft were ended.
Full_Description
A "real-time data translator" machine converted Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on strips of paper. Too anxious to wait for the official processed image, employees from the Voyager Telecommunications Section attached these strips side by side to a display panel and hand colored the numbers like a paint-by-numbers picture. The completed image was framed and presented to JPL director, William Pickering. Mariner 4 was launched on November 28, 1964 and journeyed for 228 days to the Red Planet, providing the first close-range images of Mars. The spacecraft carried a television camera and six other science instruments to study the Martian atmosphere and surface. The 22 photographs taken by Mariner revealed the existence of lunar type craters upon a desert-like surface. After completing its mission, Mariner 4 continued past Mars to the far side of the Sun. On December 20, 1967, all operations of the spacecraft were ended.
Full Description
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Date:
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UNKNOWN
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NASA Center:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA_Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Space Probes
Subject_Category
Space Probes
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Laboratory
Keywords
Laboratory
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Jet
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Keywords:
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Propulsion
Keywords
Propulsion
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Mariner
Keywords
Mariner
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Mars
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Keywords:
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real-time
Keywords
real-time
Keywords
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Keywords:
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data translator
Keywords
data translator
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Laboratory,
Keywords
Laboratory,
Keywords
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Keywords:
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P-4835Ac
Keywords
P-4835Ac
Keywords
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Sun
facet_what
Sun
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mars
facet_what
Mars
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Voyager
facet_what
Voyager
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mariner
facet_what
Mariner
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mariner 4
facet_what
Mariner 4
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mariner Space Probe
facet_what
Mariner Space Probe
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Mars
facet_where
Mars
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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November 28, 1964
facet_when
November 28, 1964
facet_when
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facet_when:
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December 20, 1967
facet_when
December 20, 1967
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1967
facet_when_year
1967
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1964
facet_when_year
1964
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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Mariner-4-1st-Image
Image_#
Mariner-4-1st-Image
Image #
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 060
UID
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 060
UID
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Center:
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JPL
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Center Number:
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Mariner-4-1st-Image
Center_Number
Mariner-4-1st-Image
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2003-00060
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2003-00060
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
Creator-Photographer
NASA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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NASA
Original_Source
NASA
Original Source
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