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Forum:	Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic:	NASA's MESSENGER to planet Mercury

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]JHU/APL release <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]MESSENGER Sends Back First Image of Mercury from Orbit[/b]</font> <div align="justify">MESSENGER has delivered its first image since entering orbit about Mercury on March 17. It was taken today (March 29) at 5:20 a.m. EDT by the Mercury Dual Imaging System as the spacecraft sailed high above Mercury's south pole, and provides a glimpse of portions of Mercury's surface not previously seen by spacecraft. The image was acquired as part of the orbital commissioning phase of the MESSENGER mission. Continuous global mapping of Mercury will begin on April 4. <center><a href="http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=432" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/messenger_orbit02.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="400" BORDER="0"></a> <font size="-2">Credit: NASA/JHU APL/Carnegie Institution of Washington</font></center> "The entire MESSENGER team is thrilled that spacecraft and instrument checkout has been proceeding according to plan," says MESSENGER Principal Investigator Sean Solomon, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. "The first images from orbit and the first measurements from MESSENGER's other payload instruments are only the opening trickle of the flood of new information that we can expect over the coming year." "The orbital exploration of the Solar System's innermost planet has begun." Several other images will be available Wednesday, March 30, in conjunction with a media teleconference to discuss the initial orbital images taken from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.</div></BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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