
JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility looks more like a hangar in this photo of two engineers standing with Mariner 1 on May 2, 1962. However, the gowning procedures were far less rigorous than they are today. Mariner 1 was destroyed during its attempted launch to Venus. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23310
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PIA23310
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December 23, 2019
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JPL
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