On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus.
The Mariner 2 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral on August 27, 1962, and It took the spacecraft three and a half months to reach Venus. NASA reported several technical problems along the way, but Mariner 2 pulled through, and passed less than 22,000 miles from the surface of Venus. This was the first time a spacecraft successfully flew by another planet. The mission not only taught NASA about Venus, but it also helped NASA figure out how to operate a spacecraft far away from Earth.
The Mariner 2 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral on August 27, 1962, and It took the spacecraft three and a half months to reach Venus. NASA reported several technical problems along the way, but Mariner 2 pulled through, and passed less than 22,000 miles from the surface of Venus. This was the first time a spacecraft successfully flew by another planet. The mission not only taught NASA about Venus, but it also helped NASA figure out how to operate a spacecraft far away from Earth.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04In 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus.
00:08The Mariner 2 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral on August 27, 1962
00:12and it took the spacecraft three and a half months to reach Venus.
00:16NASA reported several technical problems along the way, but Mariner 2 pulled through
00:20and passed less than 22,000 miles from the surface of Venus.
00:24This was the first time a spacecraft successfully flew by another planet.
00:28This not only taught NASA about Venus, but it also helped NASA learn how to operate a spacecraft
00:32out in the solar system. And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:36music