On January 14, 2008, at 19:04:39 UTC 2:04:39 pm EST, NASA MESSENGER spacecraft experienced its closest approach to Mercury, passing just 200 kilometers 124 miles above the planet surface.
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Title: Countdown to MESSENGER Closest Approach with Mercury
Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Date Created: 2008-01-14
Rights: JPL
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