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New Study Suggests Two Meteorites May Be from Mercury, Offering Rare Scientific Insight
A new study raises the possibility that two meteorites may have originated from Mercury, a first if proven true. Ksar Ghilane 022 and NWA 15915 share notable traits with Mercury’s surface minerals, yet also present differences that complicate a clear link.
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Spacecraft Flies Closer To Mercury Than Planned After Thruster Problems
A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes passed closer to Mercury than originally planned overnight after thruster problems delayed the mission to study the little-known, Sun-scorched planet.
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BepiColombo Probe Makes Second Flyby of Mercury to Capture Intricate Geological Features
The BepiColombo mission of ESA/JAXA sent to study Mercury has successfully made its second flyby of the planet and has captured intricate images in the process. The mission, a joint project developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has been tasked with examining the least explored planet in the inne...
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Europe-Japan Space Mission Sends Its First Images Of Mercury
The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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European-Japanese Space Mission Takes Off To Explore Mysteries Of Mercury
Is Mercury's core liquid or solid, and why -- on the smallest planet in our solar system -- is it so big? What can the planet closest to the Sun tell us about how our solar system came into being?
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Earthlings Watch as Tiny Mercury Sails Past the Sun
Monday's transit was the first since Nasa's Messenger mission to Mercury, which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015.
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NASA Releases First-Ever Global Topographic Model Of Mercury
NASA's MESSENGER mission has unveiled the first global digital elevation model (DEM) of Mercury, revealing in stunning detail the topography across the entire innermost planet.
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Nasa's Messenger Probe Crashes on Mercury After 11-Year Mission
The Messenger probe was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, and issued a final farewell on Twitter before its demise on Thursday.
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NASA Spacecraft, Out of Fuel, Crashes into Mercury After One Final Tweet
An unmanned NASA spacecraft has crashed on the surface of the planet Mercury, after it ran out of fuel following a successful 11-year mission, the US space agency said Thursday.
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Alien Spacecraft Spotted in 55-Year-Old NASA Photo, Claims Researcher
A UFO researcher claims to have spotted an extra-terrestrial spacecraft in a 55-year-old NASA photograph from the early days of America's space programme.
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Nasa's Messenger Spacecraft Set for Death Plunge Into Mercury
Its mission was initially only supposed to last one year, but scientists managed to extended its life to four years.
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NASA's Mercury Mission Given Last Lease of Life
NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe - currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
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Nasa's Mercury 'Messenger' Mission Given Last Lease of Life
After the final manoeuvres, the probe will succumb to the force of the Sun's gravity and spiral down to its doom on Mercury.
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New Study Suggests Two Meteorites May Be from Mercury, Offering Rare Scientific Insight
A new study raises the possibility that two meteorites may have originated from Mercury, a first if proven true. Ksar Ghilane 022 and NWA 15915 share notable traits with Mercury’s surface minerals, yet also present differences that complicate a clear link.
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Spacecraft Flies Closer To Mercury Than Planned After Thruster Problems
A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes passed closer to Mercury than originally planned overnight after thruster problems delayed the mission to study the little-known, Sun-scorched planet.
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BepiColombo Probe Makes Second Flyby of Mercury to Capture Intricate Geological Features
The BepiColombo mission of ESA/JAXA sent to study Mercury has successfully made its second flyby of the planet and has captured intricate images in the process. The mission, a joint project developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has been tasked with examining the least explored planet in the inne...
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Europe-Japan Space Mission Sends Its First Images Of Mercury
The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday.
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NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space
NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...
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European-Japanese Space Mission Takes Off To Explore Mysteries Of Mercury
Is Mercury's core liquid or solid, and why -- on the smallest planet in our solar system -- is it so big? What can the planet closest to the Sun tell us about how our solar system came into being?
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Earthlings Watch as Tiny Mercury Sails Past the Sun
Monday's transit was the first since Nasa's Messenger mission to Mercury, which orbited the planet from 2011 to 2015.
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NASA Releases First-Ever Global Topographic Model Of Mercury
NASA's MESSENGER mission has unveiled the first global digital elevation model (DEM) of Mercury, revealing in stunning detail the topography across the entire innermost planet.
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Nasa's Messenger Probe Crashes on Mercury After 11-Year Mission
The Messenger probe was the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, and issued a final farewell on Twitter before its demise on Thursday.
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NASA Spacecraft, Out of Fuel, Crashes into Mercury After One Final Tweet
An unmanned NASA spacecraft has crashed on the surface of the planet Mercury, after it ran out of fuel following a successful 11-year mission, the US space agency said Thursday.
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Alien Spacecraft Spotted in 55-Year-Old NASA Photo, Claims Researcher
A UFO researcher claims to have spotted an extra-terrestrial spacecraft in a 55-year-old NASA photograph from the early days of America's space programme.
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Nasa's Messenger Spacecraft Set for Death Plunge Into Mercury
Its mission was initially only supposed to last one year, but scientists managed to extended its life to four years.
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NASA's Mercury Mission Given Last Lease of Life
NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe - currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
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Nasa's Mercury 'Messenger' Mission Given Last Lease of Life
After the final manoeuvres, the probe will succumb to the force of the Sun's gravity and spiral down to its doom on Mercury.
