3 November 1973: The Mariner 10 probe lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket, bound for flybys of Venus & Mercury; the probe was hardened against the intense solar radiation near Mercury with a sunshade, thermal blankets, & adjustable tilting solar panels; instruments included cameras, spectrometers, magnetometers, & plasma detectors.
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