National Air and Space Museum Image Detail

Mariner 2

In December of 1962, Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to return data from the vicinity of another planet (Venus). The spacecraft is shown here on display in the Milestones of Flight gallery at the Museum on the National Mall.

Image Number: 2005-24510
Credit: Photo by Eric Long, Smithsonian Institution
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