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Magellan Mapping Cycle

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1991

Stephen Saunders1991

Venus · Science / Astronomy

Magellan completes its first radar mapping cycle after imaging most of the Venusian surface.

Names involved

Stephen Saunders

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