Astronomy: Venus is Dead and Too Hot

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Title:: Astronomy: Venus is Dead and Too Hot
Periodical:: Time
Year:: 1967
Volume:: v2
Pages:: 43
Subject:: Astronomy Venus
Summary:: Venus is dry and hot, revealed by the 12-inch telescope and instruments aboard a NASA Convair 990 jet which flew at 37,000-foot altitude and above 99.5% of the earth's atmospheric water vapor. NASA will launch Mariner 5 to probe the cloud-shrouded planet during its flyby at 2,000 miles distance.
Date:: June 9, 1967
Collection:: Akiyama