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Oct. 31, 2008
Mercury Flyby Results
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| This week NASA released data from a recent close flyby of the planet Mercury, including stunning new pictures. The encounter, on Oct. 6, was part of a gravity-assist maneuver aimed at keeping the spacecraft on track for its orbit insertion around the planet three years from now. We'll talk with one of the researchers on the MESSENGER mission about what they found during the flyby, and what's in store for the rest of the mission. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Sean Solomon
Principal Investigator, Messenger Science Team
Director, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington, DC
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