Slide 33: Two Roads that Crossed in the Wood - Growth of US Radio Astronomy in the 1950s and 1960s
![[Mariner R Venus probe schematic]](ewen_50sand60s_slide33.jpg)
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Modified on by Ellen BoutonSlide 33: Two Roads that Crossed in the Wood - Growth of US Radio Astronomy in the 1950s and 1960s
Mariner R Venus Probe - space vehicle configuration. Mariner R, with only two radiometer channels, was launched in August 1962. (Mariner A was a 4-channel system to be launched by a Centaur rocket. The Centaur was not available, and the payload was reduced to allow launch with an Atlas-Agena. Two channels were removed, and the sensor was renamed Mariner R.) Credit: Photo courtesy of Doc Ewen.
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