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1. www.space.com › 11358-nasa-space-shuttle-programTotal Cost of NASA's Space Shuttle Program: Nearly $200 ...

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   Apr 11, 2011 · A final tally of the space shuttle program's lifetime costs puts the price tag at $1.5 billion per flight, a new analysis shows. The analysis reveals that, as of the end of 2010, the space...

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2. www.space.com › 12166-NASA's Shuttle Program Cost $209 Billion — Was it Worth It?

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   Jul 5, 2011 · Recent NASA estimates peg the shuttle program's cost through the end of last year at $209 billion (in 2010 dollars), yielding a per-flight cost of nearly $1.6 billion. And the orbiter fleet...

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4. www.americaspace.com › 2020/08/10 › voyage-to-venusVoyage to Venus: Remembering NASA’s Magellan Mission, 30 ...

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   Aug 10, 2020 · NASA’s Magellan mission—named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who first circumnavigated the globe in the early 16th century—had been launched aboard shuttle Atlantis in May 1989 and required 15 months to reach Venus. It went on to acquire unprecedented Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery of craters, volcanoes, flat ...

5. www.nasa.gov › history › magellan-mission-to-venusMagellan Mission to Venus Began 25 Years Ago Aboard ... - NASA

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   May 1, 2014 · Aboard the space shuttle were Commander David M. Walker, Pilot Ronald J. Grabe, and Mission Specialists Norman E. Thagard, Mary L. Cleave and Mark C. Lee, and more than 260,000 pounds of cargo, including the primary payload, the 7,604-pound Magellan spacecraft.

6. www.nasa.gov › history › 35-years-ago-sts-3035 Years Ago: STS-30 Launches Magellan to Venus - NASA

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   May 2, 2024 · Originally, plans called for Magellan to launch in April 1988 aboard the space shuttle using a Centaur upper stage to send it on a four-month journey to Venus. Following the Challenger accident, NASA canceled the Centaur as a space shuttle upper stage, remanifesting Magellan on the IUS.

7. www.abc.net.au › news › scienceNASA's going to send new spacecraft to Venus. Here's why

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   Jun 4, 2021 · Did Venus always have a runaway greenhouse effect? Or did something trigger the effect later in its evolution? And if so, most importantly, when did it stop?

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   How many spacecraft have visited Venus?

   • Dozens of spacecraft have launched to explore Venus, but not all have been successful. NASA's Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to visit any planet beyond Earth when it flew past Venus on Dec. 14, 1962. NASA is planning two new missions to Venus: VERITAS, and DAVINCI. Why Return to Venus?

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   How much does the Space Shuttle cost?

   • Two of the program's 134 flights have ended in tragedy, killing 14 astronauts in all. Recent NASA estimates peg the shuttle program's cost through the end of last year at $209 billion (in 2010 dollars), yielding a per-flight cost of nearly $1.6 billion. And the orbiter fleet never flew more than nine missions in a single year.

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   How much money has NASA spent on Space Shuttles?

   • The analysis reveals that, as of the end of 2010, the space agency had spent more than $192 billion on the fleet since its inception in 1971, researchers said. That suggests that by the end of this year, which includes three more shuttle missions, NASA will have spent $196.5 billion on its storied space shuttle program.

   Total Cost of NASA's Space Shuttle Program: Nearly $200 Billion

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   Why is NASA sending new spacecraft to Venus?

   • NASA's going to send new spacecraft to Venus. Here's why NASA's going to send new spacecraft to Venus. Here's why Venus is hidden by a dense atmosphere of clouds laden with sulphuric acid. (Wikimedia: JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Meli thev) Venus is the third-brightest object in the sky, yet we know very little about our mysterious neighbour.

   NASA's going to send new spacecraft to Venus. Here's why

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   What was the first spacecraft to visit Venus?

   • NASA's Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to visit any planet beyond Earth when it flew past Venus on Dec. 14, 1962. NASA is planning two new missions to Venus: VERITAS, and DAVINCI. Why Return to Venus? How did Venus become a sulfurous inferno, while Earth evolved to become the only known world with life?

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   How long did it take to reach Venus?

   • NASA’s Magellan mission—named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who first circumnavigated the globe in the early 16th century— required 15 months to reach Venus. It was launched aboard shuttle Atlantis in May 1989.

   Voyage to Venus: Remembering NASA’s Magellan Mission, 30

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9. science.nasa.gov › venus › explorationVenus: Exploration - Science@NASA

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   Nov 9, 2017 · Dozens of spacecraft have launched to explore Venus, but not all have been successful. NASA's Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to visit any planet beyond Earth when it flew past Venus on Dec. 14, 1962. NASA is planning two new missions to Venus: VERITAS, and DAVINCI.