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MESSENGER reveals Mercury's magnetic field secrets
May 13, 2015 (SPX)
New data from MESSENGER, the spacecraft that orbited Mercury for four years before crashing into the planet a week ago, reveals Mercury's magnetic field is almo...
Fire and Ice: A MESSENGER Recap
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
The planet closest to the Sun is, ironically, one of the coldest. That's just one of many mind-bending discoveries about Mercury that NASA's MESSENGER spacecraf...
PSI Researchers Look Back at Mercury MESSENGER Accomplishments
May 05, 2015 (SPX)
As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft ends its scientific operations by crashing into Mercury today, Planetary Science Institute researchers looked back at a mission t...
KinetX Aerospace Navigates MESSENGER through Final Mission Phase
May 03, 2015 (SPX)
KinetX Aerospace, the first commercial company to navigate any spacecraft to distant planetary bodies, announced that it has successfully guided the MESSENGER s...
NASA completes MESSENGER mission with surface impact
Apr 30, 2015 (SPX)
Mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., confirmed today that NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironm...
NASA spacecraft crashes on Mercury after 11-year mission
Apr 30, 2015 (AFP)
An unmanned NASA spacecraft has crashed on the surface of the planet Mercury, after it ran out of fuel following a successful 11-year mission, the US space agen...
MESSENGER executes last orbit-correction maneuver ahead of impact
Apr 30, 2015 (SPX)
MESSENGER mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., conducted the last of six planned maneuvers on Ap...
NASA Spacecraft Achieves Unprecedented Success Studying Mercury
Apr 22, 2015 (SPX)
After extraordinary science findings and technological innovations, a NASA spacecraft launched in 2004 to study Mercury will impact the planet's surface, most l...
Altimeter Assists in MESSENGER's Low-Altitude Navigation
Apr 16, 2015 (SPX)
As NASA's MESSENGER mission draws to a close, an on-board science instrument that mapped the surface of Mercury is helping the navigation team with the spacecra...
NASA spacecraft set for death plunge into Mercury
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
A NASA probe that has circled Mercury for the past four years will make a dramatic death plunge into the planet's surface in late April when it runs out of fuel...
Correction Maneuver Puts MESSENGER Right on Course
Apr 14, 2015 (SPX)
The MESSENGER team is pulling out all the stops to give the spacecraft life far beyond its original design. On April 8, mission operators at the Johns Hopkins U...
Comms system critical to delaying MESSENGER's Mercury impact
Apr 12, 2015 (SPX)
MESSENGER's orbit-correction maneuver on April 6 was a nail biter. It was the 15th such maneuver since the spacecraft entered orbit about Mercury in 2011, and t...
Planned Maneuver Further Extends MESSENGER Orbital Operations
Apr 08, 2015 (SPX)
MESSENGER mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., conducted a maneuver yesterday to raise the space...
New explanation for Mercury's dark surface
Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)
Peering into space, the surface of Mercury appears dark and unreflective, an observation that has long puzzled planetary scientists due to the planet's very low...
Comet dust: Planet Mercury's 'invisible paint'
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists has a new explanation for the planet Mercury's dark, barely reflective surface. In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, the researchers ...
MESSENGER Completes 4,000th Orbit of Mercury
Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)
On March 25, the MESSENGER spacecraft completed its 4,000th orbit of Mercury, and the lowest point in its orbit continues to move closer to the planet than ever...
Hover Campaign Promises Bird's-Eye View of Mercury's Surface
Mar 22, 2015 (SPX)
MESSENGER will not go gentle into that good night. The mission will end sometime this spring, when the spacecraft runs out of propellant and the force of solar ...
New Mercury surface composition maps illuminate the planet's history
Mar 17, 2015 (SPX)
Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER Science Team provide global-scale maps of Mercury's surface chemistry that reveal previously unrecognized geochemic...
Latest MESSENGER data includes new targeted mosaics of Mercury
Mar 11, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS) has released data collected from the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission during...
Maneuver Delays Messenger's Impact, Extends Orbital Operations
Jan 23, 2015 (SPX)
MESSENGER mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., successfully conducted a maneuver today designed ...
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