NASA MESSENGER Ready For Another Mercury Flyby
October 2, 2008
Orlando (ChattahBox) – The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is ready to make another flyby past Mercury next Monday.
The MESSENGER probe is set to get extremely close to Mercury, which is the closest planet to the Sun.
The last flyby was a success, covering 20% of the surface of Mercury.
It was carried out back on January 14th, and will be expanded on this time.
MESSENGER will be around 124 miles above the surface of Mercury going at 15,000 mph.
It will focus on the opposite side of Mercury, covering another 30% of the planet.
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