The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989. Its mission objectives were to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic …

2024年11月2日 · Magellan, named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), was the first deep space probe launched by the United States in almost 11 years, and …

The Magellan spacecraft, which arrived at Venus in 1990, made the first global map of the surface of Venus as well as global maps of the planet's gravity field. The mission produced surprising …

NASA's Magellan spacecraft used a sophisticated imaging radar to make the most highly detailed maps of Venus ever captured during its four years in orbit around Earth's sister planet from …

2024年5月2日 · The astronauts deployed Magellan and its upper stage on their first day in space, sending the spacecraft on its 15-month journey to Venus. Following its arrival at the cloud …

The Magellan spacecraft, named after the sixteenth-century Portuguese-born explorer whose expedition first circumnavigated the Earth, was launched May 4, 1989, and arrived at Venus …

During each orbit of Venus, Magellan will rotate four times: away from the planet to aim the HGA earthward for data transmission, toward space to scan stars for precisely determining any …

The Magellan spacecraft, named after the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer whose expedition first circumnavigated the Earth, was launched May 4, 1989, and arrived at Venus …

Designed as a follow-up to the mapping portion of the Pioneer Venus mission, Magellan's purpose was to: (1) obtain near-global radar images of Venus' surface with a resolution equivalent to …

1990年8月10日 · Magellan, U.S. spacecraft that from 1990 to 1994 used radar to create a high-resolution map of the surface of Venus. The Magellan spacecraft was launched by the …