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Paolo
post Aug 27 2012, 10:10 AM
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just a reminder: Mariner 2, the first successful unmanned planetary probe was launched on this day 50 years ago. it flew by Venus returning data the next 14 December
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post Aug 29 2012, 10:10 PM
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I also think it's worth mentioning that Mariner 2, also named Mariner-R, was the first successful flight of the Ranger spacecraft bus. It's a tribute to the overall design that it survived (barely) to a Venus encounter, something it was not exactly designed to do.

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- Paolo   Mariner 2   Aug 27 2012, 10:10 AM
- - jmknapp   And the beginning of a long comedown about the pos...   Aug 29 2012, 05:11 PM
|- - belleraphon1   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 29 2012, 12:11 PM) A...   Aug 29 2012, 08:42 PM
- - dvandorn   I also think it's worth mentioning that Marine...   Aug 29 2012, 10:10 PM
- - belleraphon1   Yeah.. agree with dvandorn. AMAZING Mariner 2 su...   Aug 29 2012, 10:18 PM
- - Paolo   Mariner 2's microwave scan of Venus, 14 Decemb...   Dec 2 2012, 11:28 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (Paolo @ Dec 2 2012, 06:28 AM) Mari...   Dec 3 2012, 09:10 AM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Dec 3 2012, 10:10 AM) Wh...   Dec 3 2012, 03:40 PM
- - Decepticon   Truley amazing. Thats a really cool header. Nicel...   Dec 2 2012, 08:38 PM
- - nprev   That would be UMSF's own Astro0, and it is ind...   Dec 2 2012, 09:09 PM

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