Mars has been visited on several occasions, first by Mariner 4 in 1965.

火星已被访问多次，第一次由水手4号在1965年。

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In 1965, the American space probe Mariner 4 flew by Mars, sending back photographs of the planet.

1965年，美国的航天探测器“水手4号”从火星把火星的照片发射回地球。

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Mariner 4, the first space probe to whiz past Mars, in 1965, sent back pictures not of verdant forests, but of barren rocks.

水手4，首个航天探测器呼啸地从火星经过，在1965年，传送回来的照片不是翠绿的森林，而是贫瘠的岩石。

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For a while after the Mariner 4 mission, astronomers had grown more upbeat about the planet.

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So it was to everybody's disappointment that Mariner 4, the first space probe to fly past Mars (in 1965), revealed a place with a surface that appeared to have been static for billions of years.

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