Above is another example of office sleaze from Midwood Books, Dirk Malloy’s 1966 romp Office Favorite. Remember: these are just looks at vintage art, not endorsements of any behavior depicted therein. That said, she might be our office favorite too. See more contenders here, here, here, here, and here.
1961—Soviets Launch Venus Probe
The U.S.S.R. launches the spacecraft Venera 1, equipped with scientific instruments to measure solar wind, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation, towards planet Venus. The craft is the first modern planetary probe. Among its many achievements, it confirms the presence of solar wind in deep space, but overheats due to the failure of a sensor before its Venus mission is completed.