Looking around on the wiki, I found this very interesting anecdote about the mission Mariner 1 . It was the 60s and the U.S. were in full space race and the Mariner 1 was the first probe to Venus was launched July 22, 1962, but soon left the probe curves change course and NASA was forced to explode to prevent damage more.
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This post WAS written by admin on November 24, 2008