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Media Telecon: New Images from Mercury Orbit, March 30, 2011, 2 pm EDT
03.28.11 - On March 29, 2011, the Mercury Dual Imaging System will be powered on and will take its first images.
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MESSENGER Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury
03.18.11 - Data from its first three days in orbit about Mercury have confirmed the initial assessment of the spacecraft team that MESSENGER is in its intended orbit and operating nominally.
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MESSENGER Poised for Mercury Orbit Insertion
03.09.11 - On March 17, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will execute a 15-minute maneuver that will place it into orbit about Mercury, making it the first craft ever to do so, and initiating a one-year science campaign to understand the innermost planet.
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Upcoming Mercury Orbit Insertion Events
03.09.11 - 2011 promises to be a historic year for the MESSENGER mission and for the exploration of the Solar System.
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A Solar System Family Portrait, from the Inside Out
02.18.11 - The MESSENGER spacecraft has captured the first portrait of our Solar System from the inside looking out. Comprised of 34 images, the mosaic provides a complement to the Solar System portrait – that one from the outside looking in – taken by Voyager 1 in 1990.
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Media Telecon: Preview of MESSENGER Mercury Orbit Insertion, March 15, 2011, 1 pm EDT
03.10.11 - After more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system, NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft will move into orbit around Mercury on March 17.
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Web Chat: MESSENGER Prepares to Orbit Mercury
Here comes Mercury! On Mar. 16 NASA experts will answer your questions about the MESSENGER mission via live Web chat.
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Seven Things You Didn't Know About Mercury
09.01.10 - Mercury's exosphere is a place of amazing activity that can tell astronomers a lot about the planet's surface and environment.