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The planetary scene 60+ years ago, and how it suddenly changed with Mariner 4

At Chabot Space & Science Center

Piedmont Pines

Hear a JPL engineer's firsthand story of Mariner 4, the 1965 mission that sent Mars' first close-up photos back to Earth at a glacial 8 1/3 bits per second and shattered everything we thought we knew about the Red Planet.

Space history
Astronomy lecture
JPL insider story
Mars exploration

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🎟️free admission
🚀Dr. Bourke also originated the Voyager missions concept
💻speaker presents remotely

Chabot Space & Science Center

10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619, USA

www.bayareascience.org

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