MESSENGER Spacecraft Flies by Mercury
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 17:49
in Astronomy & Space
Shortly before 5:55 p.m. EDT, MESSENGER skimmed 228 kilometers (141 miles) above the surface of Mercury in its third and final flyby of the planet.
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