MESSENGER ARRIVES, Mercury Orbit Insertion |
MESSENGER ARRIVES, Mercury Orbit Insertion |
Mar 17 2011, 05:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Less than 20 hours now until the MESSENGER spacecraft fires its engine to enter orbit at Mercury.
Live Webcast March 17th – broadcast starts at 0030 UTC. Follow the progress: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/mer_orbit.html. There will be commentary on the mission, real-time coverage of the maneuver, animation of what the spacecraft is doing, a view of the carrier’s Doppler as they receive it, and live video from MESSENGER Mission Operations. Remember that the Canberra DSN is providing two-way communication with MESSENGER We'll be using both DSS43 (70-metre) and DSS34 (34-metre) antennas. Good luck to the team at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). |
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Mar 25 2011, 08:52 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Really wanted to get this pic to mark MESSENGER's arrival, so tonight I hiked up to the castle even with my knackered knee...!
Four days before MESSENGER starts photographing Mercury - Mercury seen from Kendal: http://twitpic.com/4d8896 -------------------- |
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Mar 25 2011, 10:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 25-April 08 From: near New York City, NY Member No.: 4103 |
Nice shot!
It's good to get a wide-angle view (like yours) before getting the close-up (MESSENGER's). P.S., if anyone hasn't seen Mercury in the evening sky - low in the west 30 minutes after sunset - do it now as Mercury is fading fast (from Earth's point of view). bob http://bkellysky.wordpress.com/ |
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