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
Hughes Aircraft Company
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Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded on February 14, 1934 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California, as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company p
Magellan (spacecraft)
…the NASA headquarters. For JPL, Douglas Griffith served as the Magellan project manager and R. Stephen Saunders served as the lead project scientist. Hughes Aircraft Company's Space and Communications Group designed and built the spacecraft's synthetic aperture radar. To save costs, most of the Magellan probe was made up…
Hughes H-1 Racer
Hughes H-4 Hercules.
Hughes Galileo probe being deployed.
Hughes-built NASA Surveyor lunar lander.