Messenger: Four weeks until Mercury orbit insertion
Submit on Monday, February 21st, 2011 22:57
After more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft will move into orbit around Mercury on 18 March 2011 (UTC). 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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