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Mission Elapsed Time
August 3, 2004
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Time since Closest Approach
Mercury Orbit Insertion
March 18, 2011
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Countdown to Insertion Burn
Current Total Distance Traveled

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Mission News
August 4, 2008
Sharing the Wealth: MESSENGER Team Delivers Mercury Flyby 1 Data to Planetary Data System
Data from MESSENGER’s first flyby of Mercury have been released to the public by the Planetary Data System (PDS), an organization that archives and distributes all of NASA’s planetary mission data. [more]
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August 19, 2008
Mapping a Volcano
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