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STS-30 Magellan spacecraft & IUS deployment from Atlantis' payload bay (PLB)
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STS-30 Magellan spacecraft & IUS deployment from Atlantis' payload bay (PLB)

NASA / JSC · 1989-05-04 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS030-72-047 (4 May 1989) --- In the early evening hours of Atlantis?s first day in space for the four-day STS-30 mission, the Magellan spacecraft is released into space to begin its long journey to the planet Venus for an extensive radar mapping mission. The scene was photographed through Atlantis?s aft flight deck windows with a handheld 70mm camera.

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ATLANTIS (ORBITER)EARTH LIMBINERTIAL UPPER STAGEPAYLOAD BAYSTS-30MAGELLAN SPACECRAFT (NASA)PAYLOAD DELIVERY (STS)
Credit lineSTS-30 Magellan spacecraft & IUS deployment from Atlantis' payload bay (PLB). NASA/JSC, 1989-05-04. Public domain. ID: s30-72-047.
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