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Article: NASA's MESSENGER reveals more hidden territory on Mercury.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Washington, November 4 (ANI): NASA spacecraft MESSENGER's third and final flyby of Mercury has revealed more hidden territory on the planet and is providing new scientific findings about this relatively unknown world.
The Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft, known as MESSENGER, flew by Mercury on September 29.
The probe completed a critical gravity assist to remain on course to enter into orbit around Mercury in 2011.
Despite shutting down temporarily because of a power system switchover during a solar eclipse, the spacecraft's cameras and instruments collected high-resolution and color ...
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