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MESSENGER Team Delivers Data from First Full Mercury Solar Day to Planetary Data System

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Data collected during MESSENGER's third through sixth month in orbit around Mercury were released to the public by the Planetary Data System (PDS), an organizat...

Messenger Modifies Orbit to Prepare for Extended Mission

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

Messenger successfully completed an orbit-correction maneuver this evening to lower its periapsis altitude - the lowest point of Messenger's orbit about Mercury...

BepiColombo Mercury mission to be launched in 2015

Mar 01, 2012 (ESA)

BepiColombo, an ESA mission to the planet Mercury in collaboration with the Japanese space agency, JAXA, is now planned for launch in a window opening in August...

Software Enables Efficient Planning of MESSENGER Observations

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

SciBox has proven critical to the success of the MESSENGER mission to Mercury. With completion of the design of all primary-mission observations - including mor...