35 Years Ago: STS-30 Launches Magellan to Venus | Simple Site

On May 4, 1989, space shuttle Atlantis took off on its third flight, STS-30, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander David M. Walker, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, and Mission Specialists Mark C. Lee, Norman E. Thagard, and Mary L. Cleave flew a four-day mission that deployed the Magellan […]

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Posted on May 2, 2024

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48

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10

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1

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8

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1

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2

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15

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6

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6

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1

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1

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6

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5

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3

10

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1

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22

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281

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21

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24

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6

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7

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11

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228

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2

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5

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9

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29

4

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5

1

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5

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1

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4

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1

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10

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10

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16

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28

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4

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146

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1

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1

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3

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7

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5

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15

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60

133

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8

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20

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21

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18

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1

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23

6

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12

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8

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245

23

8

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10

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4

69

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15

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1

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1

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62

54

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1

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6

2

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42

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2

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11

12

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8

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1

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11

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22

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8

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3

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1

5

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6

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59

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51

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37

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7

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3

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1

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3

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17

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3

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1

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3

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2

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4

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1

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2

33

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5

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22

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16

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5

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3

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2

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1

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10

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7

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17

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4

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1

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419

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5

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15

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3

8

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1

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114

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7

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1

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1

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13

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6

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1

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10

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9

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25

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2

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15

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