NASA's MESSENGER probe to launch to Mercury Aug. 2

Set for launch on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Aug. 2, NASA's MESSENGER probe is poised to become the first spacecraft to travel to the planet Mercury in more than 30 years. The first and last spacecraft to visit the solar system's innermost planet was Mariner 10, launched 31 years...

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