NASA’s Venus radar-mapping programme that sent the Magellan orbiter to image the planet’s entire surface and map its gravity field, revealing global geology before mission end in 1994.
Identity
Aliases
MagellanMagellan Venus MissionVenus Radar Mapper
Domains
spaceflight
Name
Magellan Program
Status
completed
Types
explorationsciencedevelopment
Details
Description
NASA’s Venus radar-mapping programme that sent the Magellan orbiter to image the planet’s entire surface and map its gravity field, revealing global geology before mission end in 1994.