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galacticjourney[if you’re new to the Journey, read this to see what we’re all about!]
by Gideon Marcus
The Space Race has given us a lot of firsts to report on in the last five years. Today marks perhaps the most significant: for the first time, a spacecraft is reporting back to Earth on another world. Mariner 2, launched on August 27, has traveled 182 million miles to fly by the second planet out from the sun, Venus.
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)
by Gideon Marcus
The Space Race has given us a lot of firsts to report on in the last five years. Today marks perhaps the most significant: for the first time, a spacecraft is reporting back to Earth on another world. Mariner 2, launched on August 27, has traveled 182 million miles to fly by the second planet out from the sun, Venus.
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)
