55 Years Back In Time: Mariner 2 First to Venus
55 Years Ago Mariner 2 Was Passing Close To Venus Friday, December 14, 1962, while The Beatles were recording their first No. 1 hit, “Please, Please Me,” 36 million miles away data is coming back to Earth, sent from the Mariner 2 spacecraft, which comes within range of Venus. At that time, a young scientist named Carl Sagan has…