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Magellan reaches Venus orbit in NASA milestone
The Magellan spacecraft achieved Venus orbit after a north pole dive and rocket braking. Project team members and NASA officials hailed the milestone as the start of high detail radar mapping of about 90 percent of Venus, surpassing earlier Soviet images. The mission cost around 744 million dollars and aims to reveal planetary features as small as two football fields.
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Pasadena
Calif
Venus
NASA
Earth
Carolynn Young
Magellan Project
Jet Ision Laboratory
George Alexander
Magellan
Lennard Fisk
Space Science
Solar System
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Asteroids
Comets
Ken Ledbetter
Martin Marietta Corp
NASA Comptroller’s Office
U.S
Atlantis
Ron Grabe
Mark Lee
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Grabe
Moon
Spain
Australia
Goldstone