1962

1. 1962-08-27 launch

   Mariner 2 — launch

   Category: Launches and Flight Tests › Type: Orbital launch

   Mission: Mariner 2

   • Space transportation

   Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter.

2. 1962-12-14 planetary flyby

   Mariner 2 flies past Venus

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

   Mission: Mariner 2

   Mariner 2 completed the first successful close-range planetary encounter.