On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Mariner 2 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral on August 27, 1962, and It ...
On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft. Mariner 2 flew by Venus after a 3½-month voyage through space. The mission launched just one month ...
PASADENA, Calif. — Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a ...