On this day in 1989 - May 4th - the Magellan spacecraft was released by Space Shuttle mission STS-30 Atlantis, the first interplanetary mission to be so launched.
The spacecraft, often referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, successfully mapped the surface of Venus using synthetic aperture radar which is able to penetrate the planet's thick clouds.
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