The Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage booster is in the orbiter Atlantis payload bay prior to closure of the doors at T-3 days to launch from pad 39B. Launch of Magellan and Space Shuttle Mission STS-30 was targeted for Friday, April 28, 1989, but was scrubbed at T-31 seconds. After repairs were made the launch happened on May 4, 1989. Image # : 89PC-0469 Date: April 25, 1989

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The Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage booster is in the orbiter Atlantis payload bay prior to closure of the doors at T-3 days to launch from pad 39B. Launch of Magellan and Space Shuttle Mission STS-30 is targeted for Friday, April 28, 1989. The 23 minute launch window opens at 2:24

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Keywords: atlantis, bay, closure, door, inertial, magellan, payload, stage, sts-30, upper, venus