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NASA Gives Official Nod To First Mercury Orbiter; Messenger Mission Moves Into Final Development Stages
June 11, 2001 — NASA has given the first Mercury orbiter mission approval to move into full-scale spacecraft development setting up the first trip to the sun’s closest neighbor in more than a generation. ... > full story -
New Ground-Based Photos Of Mercury's Unseen Surface Obtained By Astronomers
June 2, 2000 — Ever since Galileo first used a telescope in 1609, astronomers have tried to capture images of the surface of Mercury with a ground-based telescope. Now, a team of astronomers from Boston University ... > full story -
SOHO Scoops A Picture Of Planets On Parade
May 8, 2000 — Exclusive images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft will show four planets marching together on the side of the sun opposite from Earth, near the climax of a line-up of ... > full story -
APL-Managed Mission To Mercury Selected For NASA Discovery Flight
July 8, 1999 — The proposed MESSENGER mission to Mercury, managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has been selected by NASA for launch in 2004. MESSENGER will be the first spacecraft to visit ... > full story -
Proposed Visits to Martian Moons and Mercury -- Two Hopkins-Managed Missions Selected As NASA Discovery Program Candidates
November 14, 1998 — The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is mission manager for two proposals selected by NASA as candidates for the next missions in the agency's Discovery Program of lower-cost, highly ... > full story
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