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»» 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 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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