Nasa's Mercury Flyby Will Be First Since '70s
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › January 14, 2008
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BALTIMORE -- A NASA spacecraft will fly by the planet Mercury today, the first visit to the sun's closest neighbor since the 1970s.
The space probe Messenger will skim 124 miles above the planet's surface, the first of three passes before it settles into orbit three years from now.See the full content of this document
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Nasa's Mercury Flyby Will Be First Since '70s
The flyby will provide up-close views and, in a few weeks, pictures.
"We're expecting some pretty major surprises out of this," said Fai...See the full content of this document
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