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On January 14, 2008, more than three decades after the third Mariner 10 flyby, the last spacecraft visit of Mercury, MESSENGER passed 200 kilometers above Mercury's surface. Extensive scient ific observations were executed during this flyby encounter, including imaging a large portion of Mercury's surface that had never before been seen by a spacecraft. Listen to Principal Investigator Sean Solomon discuss the importance of this historic flyby of Mercury during a Planetary Radio show.
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July 3, 2008, 2 pm EDT:
MESSENGER at Mercury
A NASA Media Teleconference
January 30, 2008, 1 pm EST:
NASA Press Conference with Flyby Results
January 14, 2008, 2:04:39 pm EST:
MESSENGER's Closest Approach to Mercury
January 10, 2008, 1 pm EST:
NASA Media Telecon Previewing the Flyby
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Watch an animation (10.4 MB or 84.2 MB) of MESSENGER's flyby of Mercury that shows the specific instrument operations executed during the encounter. |
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