Aug 10 1990

From The Space Library

Revision as of 01:05, 26 February 2010 by RobertG (Talk | contribs)
(diff) ←Older revision | Current revision (diff) | Newer revision→ (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

The $744 million Magellan spacecraft launched in May 1989 reached Venus and achieved polar orbit for a mission to map the entire planet. The radar-produced images promised to be 10 times more detailed than those from previous expeditions that had mapped only sections of Venus. Information from the mission could also provide a better understanding of predicted global warming, or the greenhouse effect, said NASA scientist Gentry Lee. (NY Times, Aug 11/90; W Post, Aug 11/90; LA Times, Aug 11/90; C Trib, Aug 11/90)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Retrieved from "http://www.thespacelibrary.com/mediawiki/index.php/Aug_10_1990"