Geek Fact for May 4th

By Judy Novotny / 05/04/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1989, NASA launched Magellan to Venus.

The Magellan spacecraft was named after the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer whose expedition first circumnavigated the Earth. It arrived at Venus on August 10, 1990.

Learn more at http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/fact.html

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