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NASA Preview of Mercury Mission's Flight Past Venus »» NASA Preview of Mercury Mission's Flight Past Venus

[Monday, June 4, 2007] NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 4, to preview the June 5 flyby of the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft through the Venus system.

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NASA MESSENGER Spacecraft Ready for Science-rich Encounter with Venus »» NASA MESSENGER Spacecraft Ready for Science-rich Encounter with Venus

[Monday, June 4, 2007] NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft will make its closest pass to Venus on Tuesday, June 5.

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MESSENGER Completes Second Flyby of Venus »» MESSENGER Completes Second Flyby of Venus

[Thursday, June 7, 2007] NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft swung by Venus for the second time early this evening for a gravity assist that shrank the radius of its orbit around the Sun, pulling it closer to Mercury.

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MESSENGER Team Releases First Images From Venus 2 Flyby »» MESSENGER Team Releases First Images From Venus 2 Flyby

[Friday, June 15, 2007] The first images from MESSENGER's second flyby of Venus are in. MESSENGER flew within 338 kilometers (210 miles) of Venus on June 5, obtaining a gravity assist that shrank the radius of the probe's orbit around the Sun, pulling it closer to Mercury.

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