http://www.mercurytoday.com/ Mercury Today - Mercury News as it Happens en-us Sun, 11 May 2008 15:27:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2006, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://images.spaceref.com/mercury.today.rss.jpg http://www.mercurytoday.com/ 101 52 Mercury Today, a service of SpaceRef http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25328 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved new names for features on Mercury and agreed on a new theme for fossae on the planet. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:22:19 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25280 NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a NASA Launch Services contract for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:44:23 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=24983 Patterns of scalloped-edged cliffs or lobate scarps on Mercury's surface are thrust faults that are consistent with the planet shrinking and cooling with time. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 9:47:59 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27174 As MESSENGER sped by Mercury on January 14, 2008, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) captured this image, which includes the edge of the planet against the blackness of space. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:38:03 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=27035 One month ago, on January 14, 2008, MESSENGER became the first spacecraft in over three decades to visit Mercury, snapping images of a large portion of the planet's surface previously unseen by spacecraft. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:16:27 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=24708 Little more than three weeks after MESSENGER's first historic flyby of Mercury, the team this week began mapping out its trajectory and observation plans for the probe's second pass of the planet this fall. Thu, 7 Feb 2008 7:05:57 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=24646 "MESSENGER has shown that Mercury is even more different from the Moon than we'd thought," said Science Team Co-Investigator James Head, professor at Brown University and chair of the mission's Geology Discipline Group. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:44:08 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=26848 After MESSENGER completed its successful flyby of Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), took images of the receding planet. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:27:56 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=24636 NASA will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 30, to announce scientific findings and release never-before-seen images of Mercury. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:29:59 http://www.mercurytoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=26843 Two weeks ago, on January 14, 2008, MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to see the side of Mercury shown in this image. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:55:48