Mariner 67: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- June 14, 1967
- Declared end
- November 5, 1968
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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Targets you can open in 3D:
A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
The Mariner 67 mission, consisting of the Mariner 5 spacecraft, flew by Venus on 19 October 1967 at an altitude of 4094 km. It returned data data on both interplanetary and Venusian magnetic fields, charged particles, and plasmas, as well as radio refractivity and UV emissions of the Venusian atmosphere. Contact was lost on 7 December, and operations ended 5 November 1968.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Other targets declared
- SOLAR WIND (plasma stream)
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.mariner67
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/