Mariner
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views updated May 08 2018Mariner A series of
NASA planetary missions exploring
Venus (Mariners 2 (1962), 5 (1967), and 10 (1973)) and
Mars (Mariners 4 (1964), 6 (1969), 7 (1969), 9 (1971)); Mariner 10 also travelled to
Mercury. There was no Mariner 1.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY
mariner
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views updated May 21 2018mar·i·ner / ˈmarənər/ •
n. a sailor.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Mariner
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views updated Jun 27 2018Mar·i·ner / ˈmarənər/ a series of American space probes launched in 1962–77 to investigate the planets Venus, Mars, and Mercury.
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