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»» MESSENGER Engine Burn Puts Spacecraft on Track for Venus
[Monday, December 12, 2005] NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft successfully fired its large bipropellant thruster today for the first time since launch, completing the first of several critical deep space maneuvers that will help the spacecraft reach Mercury orbit.
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