Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 29, 2014 #1 Share Posted July 29, 2014 MESSENGER Gets Closer to Mercury than Ever Before MESSENGER Mission NewsJuly 28, 2014 On July 25, MESSENGER moved closer to Mercury than any spacecraft has before, dropping to an altitude at closest approach of only 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the planet's surface. "The science team is implementing a remarkable campaign that takes full advantage of MESSENGER's orbital geometry, and the spacecraft continues to execute its command sequences flawlessly as the 14th Mercury year of the orbit phase comes to a close," said MESSENGER Mission Operations Manager Andy Calloway, of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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