Engineering Model, Mariner 2

NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

On December 14, 1962, useful scientific information was radioed to Earth from the vicinity of another planet for the first time. The unmanned Mariner 2 spacecraft, with its six scientific instruments, passed within 34,800 kilometers (21,600 miles) of Venus. Mariner 2 indicated that Venus is very hot and has no measurable magnetic fields or radiation belts. On the way to Venus, Mariner 2's instruments detected and measured the radiation, magnetic fields, and dust of interplanetary space.

Date: July 1, 1976
Type: SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Test Vehicles
Medium: Aluminum, mixed metals
Department: NASM
Institution: National Air and Space Museum
Object number: nasm_A19760027000
Credit: Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Engineering Model, Mariner 2

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