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August 9th in Astronomy and Space Science

1973

USSR launches the Mars 7 spacecraft. Identical to Mars 6, the probe flies by Mars on 9 March 1974 and deploys a lander as it passes. The lander misses Mars by 1287 km (798 miles).

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