Space scientists set for second spacecraft flyby of Mercury
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 14:07
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument to measure Mercury's wispy atmosphere and blistering surface, will make its second flyby of the mysterious, rocky planet Oct. 6.
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