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Space & Planetary Science

MESSENGER Prepares For Orbit

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
March 15, 2011
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MESSENGER Primed for Mercury Orbit
“After more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system and six planetary flybys, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft will move into orbit around Mercury on at around 9 p.m. EDT on March 17, 2011. The durable spacecraft — carrying seven science instruments and fortified against the blistering environs near the Sun — will be the first to orbit the innermost planet.”

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