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Mariner 2 passes Venus — the first successful planetary flyby

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Passed Venus at about 34,800 km, returning the first close measurements of another planet and confirming a surface hot enough to melt lead. Encounter class: flyby.

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  1. Story
  2. Passed Venus at about 34,800 km, returning the first close measurements of another planet and confirming a surface hot enough to melt lead. Encounter class: flyby.
  3. Knowledge
  4. Venus
  5. Mariner 2
  6. Mariner 2 passes Venus — the first successful planetary flyby
  7. Connections
  8. Mariner 2
  9. Venus
  10. Venus
  11. Mariner 2 passes Venus — the first successful planetary flyby
  12. Mariner 2
  13. Mariner 10
  14. Galileo
  15. Mariner 2 passes Venus — the first successful planetary flyby
  16. Mariner 10 uses Venus to reach Mercury — the first gravity assist to another planet
  17. Galileo takes a gravity assist at Venus
  18. Evidence
  19. Launch dates, flyby dates and gravity-assist record for the Mariner planetary flybys.
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