St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: August 9, 2021

Press release from St. Louis Science Center:

August 09, 2021

In 1973 on this date, the Soviet Union launched its Mars 7 probe. Instead of a soft landing on Mars, the probe missed the planet by 1,300 kilometers. A history of the Soviet space program may be found here.

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