NASA Mercury Probe Trying to Survive for Another Month

Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 09:30 in Astronomy & Space

Last week, NASA's Messenger spacecraft executed the first of a series of engine burns designed to lift the probe's orbit slightly and delay its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.

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