On this day - 14 July
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
First photos of Mars from space
The Mariner 4 spacecraft completed a flyby of Mars on July 14 and 15 1965. It took 21 complete photos of the surface of the planet and part of a 22nd photo. These were stored on the spacecraft and transmitted back to Earth once the radio signal connection was suitable. Each photo was sent twice to avoid any data loss and it took around six hours for each photo to be transmitted.
The Mariner 4 was launched on November 28th 1964 and it remained active in space until communications were terminated on December 21st 1967.
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