Magellan: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- May 4, 1989
- Declared end
- October 12, 1994
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
Magellan is a spacecraft that was sent to Venus to study the surface of the planet. It was launched on May 4, 1989 by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It mapped the surface by radar.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.magellan
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/