Mar 16 1992
From The Space Library
The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas, announced that the Magellan spacecraft's orbit around Venus would be lowered to just above the planet's dense atmosphere to conduct gravity studies on Venus. The spacecraft's closet approach to Venus was to be moved downward from 186 miles to 111 miles above the surface for maximum sensitivity to variations in the gravity field. The Magellan Project is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications. (NASA Release 92-36)
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