MESSENGER
Latest Look at Mercury Reveals Surprises
[/caption] Younger volcanoes, stronger magnetic storms and a more intriguing exosphere: three new papers from data gathered during the MESSENGER…
MESSENGER Team Releases First Global Map of Mercury
The first-ever global mosaic map of Mercury was released today, which will be a critical tool for the MESSENGER mission's…
Mercury Gives Up More Secrets to MESSENGER
Even though the MESSENGER spacecraft experienced a "hiccup" during its third and final flyby of Mercury on Sept. 29, scientists…
MESSENGER Solves Solar Flare Mystery
[/caption] In a case of being in the right place at the right time, the MESSENGER spacecraft was able to…
More New Looks at Mercury from MESSENGER
[/caption]More new images were released today from the MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of Mercury. I asked astrophysicist Dr. Jeff Goldstein…
MESSENGER Went Into Safe Mode Approaching Mercury
[/caption] The MESSENGER spacecraft went into safe mode just before its closest approach of Mercury on Sept. 29. Although the…
Third and Final Flyby of Mercury for MESSENGER Next Week
[/caption] Next week, on September 29, 2009 the MESSENGER spacecraft will fly by Mercury for the third and final time,…
Mercury in Living Color
The MESSENGER science team released more pictures from the Jan. 14 flyby, including what we've all been waiting for, the…
A View of Mercury’s Far Side
Images and data are arriving from MESSENGER's recent flyby of Mercury. Scientists from NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics…
A Winged MESSENGER Flies By Mercury
On January 14 the MESSENGER spacecraft skimmed just 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the first…