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On this day in space! Sept. 4, 1962: NASA's Mariner 2 spacecrafts performs the 1st-ever maneuver in deep space so it could reach Venus
By Hanneke Weitering Published
On Sept. 4, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft performed the first-ever rocket maneuver in deep space as it did a quick mid-course correction on its way to Venus. Here's why it mattered.

On this day in space! Aug. 27, 1962: NASA launches Mariner 2 to Venus for ambitious flyby
By Hanneke Weitering Published
On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet: Venus.

60 years ago today, a spacecraft zipped past planet Venus for the 1st time ever
By Meghan Bartels Published
It was the first planetary flyby ever.
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