MESSENGER Readies for its Encounter with Mercury

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington2008-01-10

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On January 9, 2008, NASA MESSENGER spacecraft snapped one of its first images of Mercury at a distance of about 2.7 million kilometers 1.7 million miles from the planet.

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Title: MESSENGER Readies for its Encounter with Mercury
Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Date Created: 2008-01-10
Rights: JPL

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