Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Kennedy Receives Mariner 2 Model
Full Description:
Dr. William H. Pickering, (center) JPL Director, presenting Mariner spacecraft model to President John F. Kennedy, (right). NASA Administrator James Webb is standing directly behind the Mariner model. The Mariner 2 probe flew by Venus in 1962 after the failure of Mariner 1, sending back data on its atmosphere, mass, and weather patterns. It stopped transmitting in 1963 after delivering a wealth of scientific information.
Date:
01/01/1961
NASA Center:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Subject Category:
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA
Subject Category:
Space Probes
Subject Category:
Presidents
Subject Category:
NASA-Management
Subject Category:
NASA-Administrators
Subject Category:
NASA-Center-Director s
Subject Category:
Planet-Mars
Keywords:
Laboratory
Keywords:
Jet
Keywords:
Propulsion
Keywords:
JPL
Keywords:
Kennedy
Keywords:
James
Keywords:
Webb
Keywords:
President
Keywords:
John
Keywords:
F.
Keywords:
JFK
Keywords:
Mariner
Keywords:
William
Keywords:
Mars
Keywords:
Pickering
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Venus
facet_what:
Mariner
facet_what:
Mariner 1
facet_what:
Mariner 2
facet_what:
Mariner Space Probe
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Venus
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_who:
Dr. William H. Pickering
facet_when:
1963
facet_when:
1962
facet_when:
01-01-1961
facet_when_year:
1961
facet_when_year:
1962
facet_when_year:
1963
Image #:
P8698A
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0475
Center:
JPL
Center Number:
P8698A
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000475
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Kennedy Receives Mariner 2 Model