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Jun 11

New Spacecraft Orbital Views of Mercury

Source: MESSENGER Mission


First ever image of Mercury from orbit taken by Messenger probe on March 23rd, 2011.
Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.

After sending back to Earth the first ever image of Mercury taken by a spaceship in orbit, Messenger has began to create galleries of images of the planet. (view more)

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