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From: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
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Subject: Magellan article
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Date: 13 Dec 90 22:39:16 GMT
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Associated Press -- 12/12/90
"Venus Magellan"
 
"An alignment of the planets will interfere with the Magellan 
spacecraft's ability to send pictures of Venus back to Earth for 
the next six weeks beginning Sunday, NASA says."
 
The AP reports that in late October and early November the 
sun was between Venus and Earth, forcing a two-week halt to 
Magellan's $744 million mission to use radar to map the 
surface of cloud-shrouded Venus.
 
Now, the AP says, it is the planet Venus itself which is getting 
in the way, although the mapping mission will continue.
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