Mercury The Exploration of a Planet - 1976, Mariner 10, Documentary, NASA, HD Remaster

Restored NASA documentary from 1976 about the Mariner 10 mission to Mercury. Photos from the mission and animations are shown and results are explained by scientists, including Bruce Murray. The video was remasted to improve color balance and stability. AI upscale (Topaz AI) was used to resample the video to full HD resolution. While it works in most cases, some artifacts are present in some sequences. Sound and image cleanup, AI upscale and color restoration by RetroSpace HD. Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. The mission objectives were to measure Mercury's environment, atmosphere, surface, and body characteristics and to make similar investigations of Venus. Secondary objectives were to perform experiments in the interplanetary medium and to obtain experience with a dual-planet gravity assist mission. Mariner 10's science team was led by Bruce C. Murray at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ======================================= A special thanks to the channel supporters (   / retrospacehd   ): Andrew Hamburg Andrew Rosenbaum David Graves GSmith Gary Smith Gene Dorr Gio Pagliari Gort58 Jack Johnson Jan Strzelecki Jeff Pleimling Jules E Kevin Spencer Killraven Marco Zambianchi Mark Kirkman Michael Pennington Nathan Koga Popio Rick Durr Ryan Hardy Scott Manley Stephan ======================================== #nasa #mariner #mercury