STS-30: Flight Summary

Abstract

Live footage shows Flight Director Milt Heflin, and the Magellan Project Manager, John Gerpheide, participating in a panel discussion. They discuss the objectives of the Magellan Project, the way in which Magellan will gather images, the Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar, and STS-30. Gerpheide presents an animation of Venus and discussed its variation to that of the Earth. Both Heflin and Gerpheide took turns answering the questions from the audience as well as those from NASA Headquarters, and Kennedy Space Center.