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NASA’s MESSENGER successfully flew by Mercury yesterday, gaining a critical gravity assist that will enable it to enter orbit about Mercury in 2011 and capturing images of five percent of the planet never before seen. However, a glitch prevented the probe from taking images during the flyby as planned.
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