Mariner 4
This archival image is an enhanced contrast version of the first Mars photograph released on July 15, 1965. This is humanity's first close-up photograph of another planet -- a photographic representation of digital data radioed from Mars by the Mariner 4 spacecraft. Data was either sent to Earth immediately for acquisition or stored on an onboard tape recorder for later transmission.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Dan Goods
Image Number: PIA14032
Date: July 15, 1965
Mariner 4
This archival image is an enhanced contrast version of the first Mars photograph released on July 15, 1965. This is humanity's first close-up photograph of another planet -- a photographic representation of digital data radioed from Mars by the Mariner 4 spacecraft. Data was either sent to Earth immediately for acquisition or stored on an onboard tape recorder for later transmission.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Dan Goods
Image Number: PIA14032
Date: July 15, 1965