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The Obama Space Vision for NASA: Massive Paradigm Shifts Ahead »» The Obama Space Vision for NASA: Massive Paradigm Shifts Ahead

[Monday, February 1, 2010] In announcing its $19.0 billion FY 2011 NASA budget today, the Obama Administration has made it very clear that it intends to attempt a paradigm shift in the way that America explores and utilizes space.

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MESSENGER Team Releases First Global Map of Mercury »» MESSENGER Team Releases First Global Map of Mercury

[Wednesday, December 23, 2009] NASA's MESSENGER mission team and cartographic experts from the U. S. Geological Survey have created a critical tool for planning the first orbital observations of the planet Mercury.

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Deep-Space Maneuver Positions MESSENGER for Mercury Orbit Insertion »» Deep-Space Maneuver Positions MESSENGER for Mercury Orbit Insertion

[Wednesday, December 2, 2009] The Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft completed its fifth and final deep-space maneuver of the mission today, providing the expected velocity change needed to place the spacecraft on course to enter into orbit about Mercury in March 2011.

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MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory on Mercury »» MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory on Mercury

[Tuesday, November 3, 2009] A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unknown world.

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 New Images & Findings from 3rd Mercury Flyby to Be Released »» New Images & Findings from 3rd Mercury Flyby to Be Released

[Thursday, October 29, 2009] NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to announce scientific findings and release new images from the third and final flyby of Mercury by MESSENGER.

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Unseen Mercury Revealed »» Unseen Mercury Revealed

[Wednesday, September 30, 2009] Yesterday, as the spacecraft approached Mercury for the mission's third flyby of the Solar System’s innermost planet, MESSENGER captured this striking view.

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A High-resolution Look over Mercury's Northern Horizon »» A High-resolution Look over Mercury's Northern Horizon

[Wednesday, September 30, 2009] During MESSENGER's approach to Mercury yesterday, the NAC acquired a high-resolution, 62-image mosaic of the sunlit crescent planet.

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MESSENGER Flyby of Mercury »» MESSENGER Flyby of Mercury

[Tuesday, September 29, 2009] Shortly before 5:55 p.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 228 kilometers (141 miles) above the surface of Mercury in its third and final flyby of the planet.

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MESSENGER's Neutron Spectrometer Zeros In on Mercury's Crust »» MESSENGER's Neutron Spectrometer Zeros In on Mercury's Crust

[Monday, September 28, 2009] "You bet, I'm really excited about this flyby," said William C. Feldman, a Senior Scientist at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute and Cognizant Co-Investigator for the Neutron Spectrometer flying aboard the MESSENGER spacecraft.

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MESSENGER Spacecraft Prepares for Final Pass by Mercury »» MESSENGER Spacecraft Prepares for Final Pass by Mercury

[Saturday, September 26, 2009] NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the third and final time on Sept. 29.

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NASA to Preview Mission's Third Flight Past Mercury »» NASA to Preview Mission's Third Flight Past Mercury

[Monday, September 21, 2009] NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to preview the third and final flyby of Mercury by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER.

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Upcoming Mercury Encounter Presents New Opportunities for Magnetometer »» Upcoming Mercury Encounter Presents New Opportunities for Magnetometer

[Thursday, August 20, 2009] On September 29, the MESSENGER spacecraft will pass by Mercury for the third time, flying 141.7 miles above the planet's rocky surface.

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MESSENGER Mission Passes Five-Year Mark »» MESSENGER Mission Passes Five-Year Mark

[Monday, August 3, 2009] It's been five years since MESSENGER was launched atop a Delta II rocket on August 3, 2004, and they have been busy years

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Sixteen Craters on Mercury Have New Names »» Sixteen Craters on Mercury Have New Names

[Wednesday, July 15, 2009] The IAU recently approved a proposal from the MESSENGER Science Team to confer names on 16 impact craters on Mercury. The newly named craters were imaged during the mission's first two flybys of Mercury in January and October last year.

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MESSENGER Reveals Mercury as a Dynamic Planet »» MESSENGER Reveals Mercury as a Dynamic Planet

[Thursday, April 30, 2009] Analyses of data from the NASA sponsored MESSENGER spacecraft’s second flyby of Mercury in October 2008 show that the planet’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, and geological past are all characterized by much greater levels of activity than first suspected.

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NASA To Hold Briefing To Discuss New Findings About Planet Mercury »» NASA To Hold Briefing To Discuss New Findings About Planet Mercury

[Tuesday, April 28, 2009] NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, April 30, at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss new data and findings revealed by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER.

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