NCS12503@merrimack.edu (10/23/89)
Hi Everyone. Can anyone tell me about the space probe that went to map the surface of Venus? I believe the name of the probe was Magellan, but I can not confirm this. It was launched about a year ago from a space shuttle. Any advice you can give will be greatly appreciated, as I am trying to do a report for my astronomy class of probes of the '80s. Kevin Yetman Merrimack College Merrimack User # NCS12503
tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) (10/24/89)
In article <9271@merrimack.edu> NCS12503@merrimack.edu writes: >I believe the name of the probe was Magellan, but I can not confirm this. It >was launched about a year ago from a space shuttle. Any advice you can give >will be greatly appreciated, as I am trying to do a report for my astronomy >class of probes of the '80s. While we're at it -- Contributions to the Let's Buy The Merrimack College Library A Periodical Section And Teach The Kids How To Use It Fund should be mailed to The Marsface T. Proxmire Foundation PO Box 6000SUX Lexophobia, MD 66666 -- Hey, where'd the Colombian Coffee ads go all of %8 Tom Neff a sudden! Is Juan Valdez hiding in Panama? 8% tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET
baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) (10/24/89)
In article <9271@merrimack.edu> NCS12503@merrimack.edu writes: > >Can anyone tell me about the space probe that went to map the surface of Venus? >I believe the name of the probe was Magellan, but I can not confirm this. It >was launched about a year ago from a space shuttle. Any advice you can give >will be greatly appreciated, as I am trying to do a report for my astronomy >class of probes of the '80s. > Magellan was launched last May from the Space Shuttle. Its main objectives is to collect geological data of Venus including surface morphology, density distribution and the interior dynamics of the planet and small-scale surface characteristics. Magellan will arrive at Venus in August 1990 (sidenote: Galileo will get to Venus in February before Magellan) and radar map the planet for 243 days. Magellan is equipped with an altimeter and radiometer, a high-gain and low-gain attenna and a star scanner. The global imaging has a resolution of 820 feet and a vertical accuracy of 98 feet on the global topography. For more details, contact the Public Information Office at JPL Ron Baalke (818) 541-2341 ext 260 Jet Propulsion Lab M/S 301-355 4800 Oak Grove Dr. Pasadena, CA 91109