The First Time We Saw All of Venus: The Magellan Mission

NASA’s Magellan mission gave us unprecedented insight into Venus’s rocky surface, and even now, more than 25 years after the mission ended, it’s still one of our main tools for learning about our mysterious, next-door neighbor.

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Sources:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/magellan/in-depth/
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Images:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13640
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/magellan/in-depth/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20142
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3728
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantis_and_Magellan_(3).jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magellan_orbit.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magellan_-_end_of_mission_poster_-_mgnlogo2.gif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VenusAnimation.ogv
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIA00103_Venus_-_3-D_Perspective_View_of_Lavinia_Planitia.jpg
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30358
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30357
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20190