Messenger's Inner-Solar-System Journey

At almost halfway into its seven-year loopy trek to orbit Mercury, the Messenger spacecraft makes its first flyby of the innermost planet today.

SOURCE: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu | GRAPHIC: Patterson Clark, The Washington Post - January 14, 2008

This Story Today's Mercury Flyby To Be the First Since 1974 Article \| Right around noon today, if all goes as planned, a spacecraft called Messenger will swoop past the planet Mercury and begin two days of unprecedented picture-taking and data-collecting. Messenger's Inner-Solar-System Journey		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu \| GRAPHIC: Patterson Clark, The Washington Post - January 14, 2008 ¬es=At almost halfway into its seven-year loopy trek to orbit Mercury, the Messenger spacecraft makes its first flyby of the innermost planet today." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu \| GRAPHIC: Patterson Clark, The Washington Post - January 14, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic
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