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http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
Last activity: 29.07.2024
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May 10, 2016NASA unveils first Mercury topography maps from MESSENGER craftMESSENGER, the Mercury explorer, made 4,104 orbits around the planet closest to our sun. Originally sent for a one-year science sortie, MESSENGER far outlasted its planned expiry and stayed in orbit around Mercury, protected by its ceramic ...
Apr 17, 2015NASA’s Messenger probe set for death plunge into Mercury’s surfaceNASA’s Messenger probe, first launched in 2004 to observe Mercury, will soon plunge to its death and impact the surface of the rocky planet sometime around April 30th when it runs out of propellant. The impact is going to be pretty spectacu...
Dec 29, 2014You can help name 5 craters on MercuryGods and goddesses once provided the names for space discoveries. Nowadays, we’ve got crowdsourcing. The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab team behind a probe’s mission to Mercury is seeking names for five new (to us) craters that were disc...
Mar 29, 2011NASA to Stream First Mercury PhotosNASA will be streaming a live press conference tomorrow at 2:00 PM to unveil the first photos ever taken from the orbit of the planet Mercury. The images, taken by the MESSENGER probe early this morning, will be posted to a special page on ...

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What has the press written about MESSENGER project?

Parsers VC has collected 5 articles mentioning MESSENGER project, among them “NASA unveils first Mercury topography maps from MESSENGER craft” (May 10, 2016) and “NASA’s Messenger probe set for death plunge into Mercury’s surface” (Apr 17, 2015).

Is MESSENGER project still active?

Yes, MESSENGER project is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 29, 2024.