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Mariner 2 Spacecraft:   Mariner 2 Produced by:   Calvin J. Hamilton/NASA Copyright:  Copyright 1998 by Calvin J. Hamilton (Publisher Permission Request) Related Document Mariner 2 Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size marin2.jpg JPEG 515 x 640 126K marin2.jpg JPEG 2437 x 3029 2M marin2.tif TIFF 1609 x 2000 5M Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft, was launched August 27, 1962, and passed 34,916 kilometers (21,648 miles) from Venus on December 14, 1962. Contact was lost January 3, 1963, when the spacecraft was 86.9 million kilometers (53.9 million miles) from Earth. This digitally restored version of the Mariner 2 spacecraft is copyright 1998 by Calvin J. Hamilton. The original NASA image is copyright free.

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