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»» MESSENGER Flips Sunshade Toward the Sun
[Thursday, June 22, 2006] The 16-minute maneuver, designed to keep MESSENGER operating at safe temperatures as it moves closer to the Sun, wrapped up at 9:34 a.m. EDT, with successful reacquisition of signal from MESSENGER's front-side antenna.
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