August 2004 Top Stories
»» MESSENGER Launch Rescheduled for Tuesday, August 3rd
[Monday, August 02, 2004] The launch of NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket was postponed this morning due to lightning potential from residual clouds that were associated with Tropical Storm Alex.
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»» Mercury-bound MESSENGER Launces from Cape Canaveral
[Tuesday, August 03, 2004] NASA's MESSENGER - set to become the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury - launched today at 2:15:56 a.m. EDT aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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»» NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Selected as Program Office for Discovery and New Frontiers Initiatives to Explore the Solar System
[Saturday, August 14, 2004] The Discovery and New Frontiers office provides opportunities for the science community to propose full investigations to be conducted under a fixed price cost cap - an initiative designed to address high-priority exploration initiatives.
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»» Going to Mercury? Don't leave home without a NIST calibration
[Saturday, August 14, 2004] The first spacecraft intended to orbit Mercury was launched on Aug. 3, 2004, carrying an instrument for mapping the composition of the planet's crust that was calibrated with a novel procedure at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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»» NASA MESSENGER Mission News August 24, 2004
[Wednesday, August 25, 2004] MESSENGER completed its first planned maneuver today at 5:03:35
p.m., EDT, when the thrusters ignited to correct trajectory
inaccuracies associated with launch.
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»» Radar test during MESSENGER launch may help shuttle's "Return to Flight"
[Wednesday, August 25, 2004] Radar tracking data gathered during the Delta II launch
of the MESSENGER spacecraft earlier this month has provided
promising results that may benefit NASA's Space Shuttle
Program and Discovery's Return to Flight.
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