MESSENGER less than ten days from Mercury orbit insertion
Submit on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 22:58
On 17 March, the MESSENGER spacecraft will execute a 15-minute manoeuvre that will place it into orbit about Mercury, making it the first craft ever to do so, and initiating a one-year science campaign to understand the innermost planet.
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