{"slug": "mariner-program", "label": "Mariner program", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_program", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202894", "qid": "Q202894", "description": "NASA space program", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1962, 1973], "span_label": ["1962 CE", "1973 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 8}], "related": [{"slug": "mars", "label": "Mars", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "nasa", "label": "NASA", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercury-planet", "label": "Mercury (planet)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venus", "label": "Venus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – Mariner program: The U.S. Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#July", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 5", "text": "November 5 – Mariner program: Mariner 3 spacecraft is launched from Cape Kennedy but fails.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#November", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 space probe from Cape Kennedy toward Mars to take television pictures of that planet in July 1965.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#November", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#June", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 km).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#August", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#May", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#November", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Mariner program: NASA launches Mariner 10 toward Mercury (on March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#November", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › November"}}]}