MESSENGER visits Venus
Submit on Thursday, October 26th, 2006 06:50
NASA’s Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft came within 2,990 km of the surface of Venus early this morning during its second planetary encounter. The spacecraft used the tug of the planet’s gravity to change its trajectory significantly, shrinking the radius of its orbit around the Sun and bringing it closer to Mercury.
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