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Sunday February 5th 2012

Mercury Rising..

With approximately 2 days to go, the MESSENGER spacecraft took a quick snap of our Sun’s closest planet. This is the third flyby which brings the spacecraft  to within 142 miles of the surface and sets the stage for Oribit insertion March 2011.  For more details on this program visit http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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One Response to “Mercury Rising..”

  1. Saurooon says:

    Interesting, I`ll quote it on my site later.
    Have a nice day

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