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Collection:
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Collection
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Mariner 2
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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Mariner 2 was the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft. Launched August 27, 1962, on an Atlas-Agena rocket, Mariner 2 passed within about 34,000 kilometers (21,000 miles) of Venus, sending back valuable new information about interplanetary space and the Venusian atmosphere. Mariner 2 recorded the temperature at Venus for the first time, revealing the planet's very hot atmosphere of about 500 degrees Celsius (900 degrees Fahrenheit). The spacecraft's solar wind experiment measured for the first time the density, velocity, composition and variation over time of the solar wind.
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Mariner 2 was the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft. Launched August 27, 1962, on an Atlas-Agena rocket, Mariner 2 passed within about 34,000 kilometers (21,000 miles) of Venus, sending back valuable new information about interplanetary space and the Venusian atmosphere. Mariner 2 recorded the temperature at Venus for the first time, revealing the planet's very hot atmosphere of about 500 degrees Celsius (900 degrees Fahrenheit). The spacecraft's solar wind experiment measured for the first time the density, velocity, composition and variation over time of the solar wind.
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL
Image_Credit
NASA/JPL
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Mariner
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Spacecraft:
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Mariner 2
Spacecraft
Mariner 2
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Venus
Target_Name
Venus
Target Name
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Product Size:
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1515 samples x 1218 lines
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1515 samples x 1218 lines
Product Size
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Mariner
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Mariner
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Venus
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Venus
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Atlas
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Atlas
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Mariner 2
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Mariner 2
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Agena
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Agena
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AGENA
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AGENA
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Venus
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Venus
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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August 27, 1962
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August 27, 1962
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facet_when_year:
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1962
facet_when_year
1962
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Image #:
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PIA04594
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04594
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04594
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