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MESSENGER Sends Back First Image of Mercury from Orbit
March 30, 2011 — NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has captured a historic image of the planet Mercury. The image is the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the Solar System's innermost planet. Over the ... > full story -
Mercury-Bound Instruments Aboard MESSENGER Arrive at Target
March 21, 2011 — As the MESSENGER spacecraft begins its science operations above the surface of Mercury, NASA instruments are gearing up to help unveil the planet's ... > full story -
NASA's MESSENGER Spacecraft Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury
March 17, 2011 — NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT Thursday. This marks the first time a spacecraft has accomplished this engineering and scientific ... > full story -
MESSENGER Spacecraft to Swing Into Orbit Around Mercury
March 15, 2011 — The MESSENGER spacecraft is scheduled to go into orbit around Mercury on March 17. The mission is an effort to study the geologic history, magnetic field, surface composition and other mysteries of ... > full story -
First Mission to Mercury
February 1, 2011 — As the team of scientists behind NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft eagerly awaits the craft’s entry into Mercury’s orbit on 17 March, we could soon get answers to questions about the ... > full story -
ESA’s Mercury Mapper Feels the Heat
January 18, 2011 — Key components of the ESA-led Mercury mapper BepiColombo have been tested in a specially upgraded European space simulator. ESA’s Large Space Simulator is now the most powerful in the world and ... > full story -
Mercury’s Comet-Like Appearance Spotted by Satellites Looking at the Sun
September 22, 2010 — Scientists report that NASA satellites designed to view the escaping atmosphere of the Sun have also recorded evidence of escaping gas from the planet Mercury. The STEREO mission has two satellites ... > full story -
New Revelations About Mercury's Volcanism, Magnetic Substorms and Exosphere from MESSENGER
July 15, 2010 — Analysis of data from MESSENGER's third and final flyby of Mercury in September 2009 has revealed evidence of younger volcanism on the innermost planet than previously recognized, new information ... > full story -
MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory On Mercury
November 8, 2009 — A NASA spacecraft gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year has revealed more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet. The probe also has produced ... > full story -
MESSENGER Spacecraft Prepares For Final Pass By Mercury
September 27, 2009 — NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the third and final time on Sept. 29. The spacecraft will pass less than 142 ... > full story
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