the name of a series of flights of NASAspacecraft that went past or around other planets. Mariner 1 failed and was destroyed in flight in 1962, but in the same year Mariner 2 flew past Venus. Mariner 9 went into orbit(= a circular path in space) around the planet Mars in 1971 and took more than 7 000 photographs. Mariner 10 flew past Venus and Mercury in 1974 and again in 1975.水手:NASA飞船经过其他行星或绕过其他行星的一系列飞行的名称。水手1号失败并于1962年在飞行中被摧毁,但在同一年,水手2飞越了金星。水手9号于1971年进入绕火星的轨道(即太空中的圆形路径),并拍摄了7 000多张照片。水手10号在1974年和1975年再次飞越金星和水星。