Magellan (spacecraft)
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The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989. Its mission objectives were to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measu
Magellan with its Star 48B solid rocket motor undergoing final checks at the Kennedy Space Center
Magellan being fixed into position inside the payload bay of Atlantis prior to launch
Launch of STS-30 on May 4, 1989
The spacecraft in a deployment position in Atlantis' payload bay
Space Shuttle
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The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the Space Shuttle
Magellan (spacecraft)
…synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field. The Magellan probe was the first interplanetary mission to be launched from the Space Shuttle, the first one to use the Inertial Upper Stage booster, and the first spacecraft to test aerobraking as a method for circularizing its orbit. Magellan…
Discovery lifts off at the start of the STS-120 mission.
Columbia undergoing installation of its ceramic tiles
Enterprise during the Approach and Landing Tests
Columbia launching on STS-1