Cosmic Exploration · mission
Mariner 2
1962 · NASA · Venus · Completed
- Agency
- NASA
- Status
- Completed
- End Date
- 1963-01-03
- Destination
- Venus
- Launch Date
- 1962-08-27
Objective
The first successful planetary flyby. It found a surface hot enough to melt lead, ending a century of speculation about jungles under the clouds.
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