U.S. spacecraft poised to fly past Mercury next week
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 15:42
in Astronomy & Space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA spacecraft will whiz over Mercury's crater-scarred surface next Monday, getting a look at the third of the planet closest to the sun that has never been seen close-up before.
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