Goodbye, Messenger: Spacecraft smashes into planet Mercury

Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 15:30 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Messenger spacecraft smashed into the surface of the planet Mercury this afternoon, ending four years of orbiting and studying the closest planet to the sun.

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