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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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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  Magnetic Tornadoes Could Liberate Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere

  June 2, 2009 — Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Its hard for the planet to hold on to its atmosphere, which is extremely thin, and invisible to the human eye. ... > full story
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  Unusual Impact Basin Discovered On Mercury

  April 30, 2009 — A previously unknown, large impact basin has been discovered by the MESSENGER spacecraft during its second flyby of Mercury in October 2008. The impact basin, now named Rembrandt, more than 700 ... > full story
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  Origin And Evolution Of Planet Mercury Revealed With Multispectral Images

  April 30, 2009 — Using high-resolution and multispectral images, researchers have started the difficult process of determining the composition of Mercury's crust and chronicling its origin and ... > full story

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