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The first successful planetary science mission in history!

60 years ago today, the Mariner 2 mission ended after its Venus flyby when contact with the spacecraft was lost when it was 86.7 million km (53.9 million mi) from Earth, a new distance record. https://go.nasa.gov/3GB5kW9
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In Depth | Mariner 02 – NASA Solar System Exploration

Mariner 2 was the first successful mission to another planet (Venus).
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We need to end world wide starvation before we play games in space.

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