United States Air Force

Mariner 8

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

FAILURE

Failure

Sunday, May 9, 1971 · 01:11 UTC

Mission

/01

Mars orbiter designed to map 70% of the Martian surface and study temporal changes in the Martian atmosphere and surface.

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Mars Orbit (Mars)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

/02

Rocket

Variant: SLV-3C Centaur

Launch Pad

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.471° N, 80.542° W

Pad Launches

257

Location Launches

548

Agency Launches

Orbital This Year