Mariner 9
Meant to post this on Monday to mark the anniversary, but had a migraine so spent whole evening in a dark room avoiding any light. Anyway, here it is.
On November 14th 1971 NASA's Mariner 9 reached Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. After dust storms that lasted several months following its arrival, the orbiter managed to send back clear pictures of the surface. Mariner 9 successfully returned 7,329 images over the course of its mission, which concluded in October 1972.
The Mariner 9 model is based on a design by phreaddee on Rebrickable and can be downloaded for free, here:
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-67536/phreaddee/mariner-9/#details
Mars is my creation, which I'm pretty pleased with tbh!
Mariner 9
Meant to post this on Monday to mark the anniversary, but had a migraine so spent whole evening in a dark room avoiding any light. Anyway, here it is.
On November 14th 1971 NASA's Mariner 9 reached Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. After dust storms that lasted several months following its arrival, the orbiter managed to send back clear pictures of the surface. Mariner 9 successfully returned 7,329 images over the course of its mission, which concluded in October 1972.
The Mariner 9 model is based on a design by phreaddee on Rebrickable and can be downloaded for free, here:
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-67536/phreaddee/mariner-9/#details
Mars is my creation, which I'm pretty pleased with tbh!