On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Mariner 2 ...
On this day in 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft made history with a close flyby of Venus, marking a major milestone in the early years of space exploration. The mission became America’s first ...
December 15th marks significant milestones: the Soviet Venera 7's historic landing on Venus and the Leaning Tower of Pisa's ...
Developed together, the twin Mariner 1 and 2 spacecraft were based on the Ranger lunar probe and planned for a joint mission ...
SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites from Florida early Monday morning (Dec. 14), beating the forecast for poor weather. A ...
United Launch Alliance (ULA) will send another batch of Amazon's Monday morning (Dec. 15), and you can watch the action live — if you're a night owl or a very early riser. A ULA Atlas V rocket ...