Mariner 2 was launched by Cape Canaveral on August 27th, 1962. Mariner 1 was the 1st ever spacecraft to be launched by the U.S, and due to a code failure, they had no choice, but to press "SELF DESTRUCT." Mariner 1 was originally designed differently, but they could not use that model. Mariner 2 did a surface scan and found that Venus was 900 degree hot and the clouds were made of battery acid.
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