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Science News // 1 decade ago

NASA spacecraft capture images of Earth from millions of miles away

NASA has released images of Earth taken from two interplanetary spacecraft millions of miles away in space showing our planet and its moon.

Science News // 1 decade ago

Photos, data reveal Mercury's secrets

Data from the U.S. space program's Messenger mission have provided a banquet of information on the planet Mercury, including clues about its origin, NASA said.

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NASA assembles picture of solar system

NASA says the Messenger spacecraft has compiled the first photograph of the solar system from the inside looking out.

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NASA probe closing in on Mercury

A NASA probe heading for Mercury is already making valuable observations although still months away from entering an orbit about the planet, scientists say.

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Mercury flyby goes problem free

For the first time in 33 years, a space probe Monday zipped close to Mercury, snapping photos as it went by.

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Messenger spacecraft on way to Mercury

NASA's Messenger spacecraft swung by Earth for a Tuesday gravity assist that propelled it deeper into space on its long journey toward Mercury.

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Space Watch: The engineering crisis redux

A series by UPI examining the human exploration of space. This week: The turf war between engineers and scientists over government funding erupted again last week with the release of an interim National Research Council report criticizing NASA for canceli

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Analysis: NASA's unusual Mercury mission

Given everything known about planetary geology, atmospheric chemistry and biology, there is almost no chance the planet Mercury harbors any kind of life. Yet on Tuesday, NASA launched -- within a window that lasted only 12 seconds -- its MESSENGER spacecr

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Messenger lifts off to explore Mercury

After a 24-hour weather delay, the United States launched its Messenger spacecraft early Tuesday from Florida on its 7-year mission to explore Mercury.

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This second Mercury flyby provided a number of new findings
NASA spacecraft reveals a dynamic Mercury Apr 30, 2009

The region of Mercury's surface that we viewed at close range for the first time this month is bigger than the land area of South America
Spacecraft transmits new data on Mercury Oct 29, 2008

The results from Messenger's first flyby of Mercury resolved debates that are more than 30 years old
Messenger spacecraft returns to Mercury Oct 01, 2008

It went right according to script, so that was very comforting
Mercury flyby goes problem free Jan 14, 2008

This Earth flyby is the first of a number of critical mission milestones during Messenger's circuitous journey toward Mercury orbit insertion
Messenger spacecraft on way to Mercury Aug 02, 2005