the name of a series of flights of NASA spacecraft that went past or around other planets. Mariner 1 failed and was destroyed in flight in 1962, but in the same year Mariner 2 flew past Venus. Mariner 9 went into orbit around the planet Mars in 1971 and took more than 7 000 photographs. Mariner 10 flew past Venus and Mercury in 1974 and again in 1975.
MARINER
Meaning of MARINER in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005