NASA extends MESSENGER mission
Submit on Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 22:58
NASA has announced that it will extend the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission for an additional year of orbital operations at Mercury beyond the planned end of the primary mission on 17 March 2012. The MESSENGER probe became the first spacecraft to orbit the innermost planet on 18 March 2011.
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