Feb 13, 2016
Today in History: Feb 12, 1961 – Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_1)
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Today in History: Feb 12, 1961 – Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_1)
On May 19, 1961, Venera 1, the first planetary Soviet space probe, passed within 100,000 km of Venus, becoming the first artificial object to fly-by a planet.