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 | Incoming Hemisphere - Enhanced Color Updated calibration and subsequent mosaicing have led to substantial improvements in the Mariner 10 color image data. Photo Platform: Mariner 10
Date Released: September 21, 1974 small |
 | Mercury's South Pole Mercury's south pole was photographed by one of Mariner 10's TV cameras as the spacecraft made its second close flyby of the planet September 21. Photo Platform: Mariner 10
Date Released: September 21, 1974 small |
 | The Plane of the Ecliptic The Plane of the Ecliptic is illustrated in this Clementine star tracker camera image which reveals (from right to left) the Moon lit by Earthshine, the Sun's corona rising over the Moon's dark limb, and the planets Saturn, Mars, and Mercury. Photo Platform: Clementine
Date Released: February 21, 1994 small - medium - download large |
 | Sunshade Installation Neal Bachtell of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Md., attaches the middle section of the ceramic-fabric sunshade to the Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft. Photo Platform: MESSENGER
Date Released: July 7, 2004 small - download large |
 | Vibration Test (rear view) MESSENGER team members adjust the Mercury-bound spacecraft's ceramic-fabric sunshade before conducting vibration tests at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. Photo Platform: MESSENGER
Date Released: July 7, 2004 small - download large |
 | MESSENGER in Orbit (with Planet) Artist's impression of the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit at Mercury. Photo Platform: MESSENGER
Date Released: July 7, 2004 small - download large |
 | MESSENGER in Orbit (with Sun) Though the Sun is up to 11 times brighter at Mercury than we see on Earth and surface temperatures can reach 450 degrees Celsius (about 840 degrees Fahrenheit), MESSENGER's instruments will operate at room temperature behind a sunshade of heat-resistant ceramic fabric. Photo Platform: MESSENGER
Date Released: July 7, 2004 small - download large |
 | MESSENGER Departing Earth Artist's impression of the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft as it leaves Earth. Photo Platform: MESSENGER
Date Released: July 7, 2004 small - download large |
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