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MESSENGER: First Photos from Mercury Orbit: Slide Show
Posted Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:29 PM ET | 0
The first orbital images from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft have been beamed back to Earth. Read more
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History Made: MESSENGER Orbital Photograph of Mercury : Big Pic
Posted Tue Mar 29, 2011 06:33 PM ET | 0
The first photograph from the first spacecraft to ever orbit the solar system's innermost planet has been released. Read more
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Wide Angle: Mission to Mercury
Posted Tue Mar 29, 2011 03:10 PM ET
On March 17, 2011, NASA put a spacecraft called MESSENGER into orbit around the solar system's innermost planet, Mercury. This is mankind's first artificial satellite around the small, cratered world. Read more
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The Biggest, Boldest and Baddest Space Missions of 2011 : Slide Show
Posted Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:00 PM ET | 0
If you thought 2010 was a big year for space exploration, just you wait until 2011! Get a preview of some of the biggest upcoming missions, boldly exploring the solar system and beyond. Read more
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Mercury's Tail Makes it a 'Comet-Planet'
Posted by Ray Villard Wed Sep 29, 2010 07:28 AM ET | 0
As if the debate over what is and what is not a planet hasn't gotten confusing enough, we are beginning to see a class of object that could be called "Comet-Planets." Read more
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Moon's 'Perfume' Comes From Sun
Posted by Larry O'Hanlon Thu Jan 7, 2010 04:52 AM ET | 0
A Japanese craft sniffs the moon's thin atmosphere and provides details that could help future explorers. Read more
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Mercury Probe Shuts Down During Key Flyby
Posted by Irene Klotz Wed Sep 30, 2009 07:55 PM ET | 0
The MESSENGER spacecraft en route to map the innermost planet in our solar system shut down unexpectedly during a key pass by Mercury on Sept. 29, missing out on half of its planned investigations. Read more
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MESSENGER Approaches Mercury : Big Pic
Posted Mon Sep 28, 2009 04:51 PM ET | 0
On Sept. 25, NASA's MESSENGER probe took this snapshot of Mercury, a planet it will shortly be seeing up close. Hanging in the dark, sunlight forms a crescent, picking out its pockmarked surface. Read more
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Mercury Flyby Reveals Active Inner Planet
Posted Fri May 1, 2009 07:28 PM ET | 0
The space probe MESSENGER's second fly-by of Mercury in October 2008 revealed the solar system's smallest planet to be far more active than previously thought. Read more
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