Prepares for Final Flyby
NASA’s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (Messenger) spacecraft will perform its third and final flyby of Mercury on Sept. 29, getting one last gravity assist to position itself to enter the planet’s orbit in 2011. The spacecraft will pass less than 142 mi. above the...
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