MESSENGER News Thread, news, updates and discussion |
MESSENGER News Thread, news, updates and discussion |
Apr 20 2005, 11:22 AM
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Launched on August 3rd 2004, NASA's MESSENGER will become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
News and updates are availbale via Johns Hopkins University MESSENGER website and the Kennedy Space Center's MESSENGER website. There will be an earth flyby in August followed by a couple of swings by Venus and three velocity scrubbing passages past mecury before the craft enters orbit in March 2011. April 18, 2005 status report from JHU. Extensive JHU FAQs page here. |
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Jun 4 2007, 11:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
Looking forward to "Mercury Flyby 1" on the web site countdown clocks in the next couple of days.
Here's wishing a successful Venus flyby with good science. |
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Jun 5 2007, 03:52 PM
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Looking forward to "Mercury Flyby 1" on the web site countdown clocks in the next couple of days. Here's wishing a successful Venus flyby with good science. I've just checked out the site and they seem to be showing both the 'Venus Flyby' and 'Mercury Flyby' captions with the clock showing the time to the Mercury flyby, hopefully there will be a site update soon. |
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Jun 5 2007, 07:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
I've just checked out the site and they seem to be showing both the 'Venus Flyby' and 'Mercury Flyby' captions with the clock showing the time to the Mercury flyby, hopefully there will be a site update soon. Actually it still only shows the Venus flyby countdown; the other countdown is for Mercury Orbit Insertion, which is still a few years away. There will be a Mercury flyby in January 2008, and that's the countdown we're waiting for. Another minor milestone -- Messenger should fly by Mercury's orbit in August. Mercury won't be there then, of course, but it's a cool event anyway. --Greg |
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Jun 5 2007, 10:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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