Mercury mission set to end with dramatic crash

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 05:00 in Astronomy & Space

MESSENGER's chief scientist reminisces before the spacecraft's planned impact into the planet's surface.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2015.17357

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