Mariner 8 was designed to orbit Mars and take photos to search for life, but it failed to achieve orbit and crashed. The follow-up mission, Mariner 9, succeeded in orbiting Mars and photographing the surface to complete Mariner 8's original objectives. Mariner 8 was constructed to withstand the harsh environment of space and resemble a mythical creature, but it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after its 1971 launch due to a vehicle failure.

1. Mariner 8

2. Mission of the mariner 8
The mariner 8s mission was to orbit mars and take
pictures to see if there was life on Mars.
Sadly the Mariner 8 failed to do its mission and
crashed leaving scientist to make the Mariner 9 to
finish the mission.
Mission Type- orbital
Was suppose to return to Earth safely and deliver the
pictures

3. The Mariner in space

4. How was the mariner 8
constructed?
The mariner 8 was designed to look like a mythical
creature.
It was also designed to stay for a long time.
It was designed to be strong enough to be able to
withstand the atmosphere in space.
It was supposedly return to Earth safely but it crash
instead

5. The structure of the Mariner
8

6. the heroic history of the
mariner 8
U.S. Mariner 8 was made to fly by Mars and take
photos, but when it launched ,it flew then crashed in
the Atlantic Ocean of a vehicle failure. If Mariner 8
was:
Flyby of Mars
Launch date – May 8 1971
Vehicle launcher –Atlas-Centaur
Cape Canaveral Air Force station Florida

7. Its horrible remains

8. Manned or unmanned?
The Mariner 8 was a satellite it could be ether or.
As we thought it was unmanned
After a lot of research we found that it was delivered
by a manned rocket ship.
While the rocket was in space they launched into
space.

9. Fun Facts
The Mariner 9 was based upon Mariner 8 model.
Mariner 8 was apart of the mariner 71 project.
The launch failure of Mariner 8 forced Mariner 9 to
combine the mission objectives of both.
The Mariner 8 was launch on a atlas Centaur SLU-3C
booster.
The Centaur returned safely to Earth but the Mariner
8 wasn’t so lucky.

10. We got this info from…
Nasa.gov
Astronomer.org
Astronautix.com
The Science Book

11. Who we are
Made by: Tymya Davis, Xavier Campos, Reese Cain , Aviel Bussell