The Mariner 2 spacecraft inspected Venus in late 1962.
Mariner 2 flew past the planet Venus in 1962, becoming the first spacecraft to successfully encounter another planet. It provided valuable information about Venus's atmosphere and surface temperature.
Mariner 2 in 1962. The planet was Venus.
None of the Mariners actually landed on Venus. They were "fly-by" missions. Mariner 2 reached Venus in December 1962 and Mariner 5 in 1967. In 1973, Mariner 10 passed Venus and used the planet's gravity to alter its course and continued on to Mercury.
The space mission, the mariner 2 was first launched in 1962
Pluto was the only planet not visited by a space mariner space probe.
August 27, 1962
Mariner 9
The mariner spacecraft explored Mercury, Mars, and Venus. The first successful space probe and first spacecraft visit to a planet was Mariner 2.
It did not land, but it did a successful fly by in 1965.
The Sub-Mariner - 1966 The Planet of Doom 1-11 was released on: USA: 1966
The first US spacecraft to enter into an orbit around a planet other than the moon was Mariner 2, which orbited Venus in 1962.
The first country was the USA with a spacecraft named mariner 2 and launched in 1962 to go to Venus.