Magellan Program
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.
- End Date
- 1994
- Leads
- Participants
- Start Date
- 1983
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:04:36 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:04:36 UTC