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paxdan
post 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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- paxdan   MESSENGER News Thread   Apr 20 2005, 11:22 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Looking back at the Quickmap interface mentioned a...   Mar 11 2012, 04:49 AM
- - antipode   Is there any indication that these features are mo...   Mar 11 2012, 12:06 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Not yet - only very preliminary results on global ...   Mar 12 2012, 04:35 PM
- - Steve G   This is obviously an April 1st joke the Messenger ...   Apr 2 2012, 04:23 AM
|- - Steve G   I read the full text, yep, not impressed.   Apr 2 2012, 04:25 AM
|- - Steve G   QUOTE (Steve G @ Apr 1 2012, 08:25 PM) My...   Apr 2 2012, 04:28 AM
- - stevesliva   I would've appreciated a low-res death star.   Apr 2 2012, 04:38 AM
- - Mariner9   I thought it was most ammusing. Particularly the ...   Apr 2 2012, 04:44 AM
- - Phil Stooke   It's Ida. Maybe not the greatest April Fools ...   Apr 2 2012, 11:04 AM
|- - MahFL   H.O.A.X. was a bit of a clue too.   Apr 2 2012, 11:37 AM
- - Stu   We're quick to criticise scientists who are po...   Apr 2 2012, 01:42 PM
- - Pertinax   Great laugh! I love the Armageddonish physic...   Apr 2 2012, 02:30 PM
- - stevesliva   http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?...   Apr 17 2012, 04:35 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Today's MESSENGER picture of the day is a pair...   Apr 20 2012, 01:50 PM
- - Hungry4info   They've just released a huge global map with f...   Oct 29 2012, 09:48 PM
- - JimOberg   Nov. 26, 2012 MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-219 NASA HOSTS N...   Nov 26 2012, 08:41 PM
- - stewjack   Just a bump to remind people that NASA will host a...   Nov 29 2012, 06:33 PM
- - Explorer1   Started now....   Nov 29 2012, 07:02 PM
- - Explorer1   And it looks like an ice match! Perfect fit on...   Nov 29 2012, 07:14 PM
- - Seryddwr   Wow. That's a LOT of ice.   Nov 29 2012, 07:15 PM
- - Explorer1   They're talking about MLA and reflectivity now...   Nov 29 2012, 07:18 PM
- - Seryddwr   Is that a 'solar system planets' tie? I g...   Nov 29 2012, 07:22 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   So, what rocky bodies we have left with no water i...   Nov 30 2012, 02:44 PM
|- - centsworth_II   Venus?   Nov 30 2012, 03:08 PM
|- - JRehling   Phobos and Deimos, possibly. If the mean annual te...   Nov 30 2012, 06:18 PM
- - elakdawalla   Venus, yes. Vesta has water in the same way that m...   Nov 30 2012, 07:00 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   My bad, how did I forget Venus. I kinda feel thes...   Nov 30 2012, 11:09 PM
- - Paolo   I was reading the three latest Science papers and ...   Dec 1 2012, 05:02 PM
- - Explorer1   The lack of big stabilizing moon (or any moon at a...   Dec 1 2012, 05:21 PM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Dec 1 2012, 06:21 PM) ...   Dec 1 2012, 05:46 PM
- - nprev   Another big difference between Mercury & Mars ...   Dec 1 2012, 07:22 PM
|- - JRehling   Dynamical effects are hard to make sense of withou...   Dec 2 2012, 05:06 AM
- - stevesliva   FYI, a lot of release images and discussion posted...   Dec 2 2012, 01:53 AM
- - Paolo   I have found this on the subject: On the oscillati...   Dec 2 2012, 09:37 AM
- - stevesliva   Oblique limb view: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gal...   Feb 19 2013, 06:28 PM
- - Paolo   from this NASA release The NASA Comet ISON Observ...   Mar 2 2013, 09:43 AM
- - stevesliva   Enhanced color Mercury map: http://messenger.jhuap...   Jul 19 2013, 05:11 PM
- - scalbers   Nice to see this map now in cylindrical format. Ne...   Jul 21 2013, 03:55 PM
|- - JRehling   According to this: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gal...   Jul 22 2013, 07:58 PM
- - stevesliva   Two movies from the narrow-angle camera: http://me...   Nov 9 2013, 04:33 PM
- - Paolo   I have just received confirmation that MESSENGER w...   Dec 2 2013, 04:10 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Oh boy! I smell a point on a map! (sorry...   Dec 2 2013, 07:56 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Dec 2 2013, 02:56 PM...   Dec 2 2013, 08:57 PM
- - nprev   Hmm. When MESSENGER impacts that will mean that al...   Dec 2 2013, 09:24 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 2 2013, 01:24 PM) Hmm....   Dec 3 2013, 12:56 AM
- - Explorer1   Does this mean the low-orbit extended mission we h...   Dec 2 2013, 10:06 PM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Dec 2 2013, 11:06 PM) ...   Dec 3 2013, 07:31 AM
- - 0101Morpheus   25km? That is really low. Like GRAIL low. Guess th...   Dec 9 2013, 05:34 PM
- - Explorer1   200K images surpassed! http://messenger.jhua...   Feb 6 2014, 04:56 PM
- - stevesliva   The release image of hollows in a crater wall is p...   Feb 6 2014, 07:12 PM
- - Doug M.   Doesn't the lower orbit subject MESSENGER to m...   Feb 7 2014, 10:38 AM
- - Explorer1   Little time is actually spent at periapse; orbital...   Feb 7 2014, 06:53 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Latest update: 3000 orbits, closest approach   Apr 25 2014, 10:19 PM
|- - JRehling   Mercury's magnetic field shows a strong hemisp...   Jul 30 2014, 08:33 PM
- - nprev   Huh. Odd. Tempting to speculate that Earth's ...   Jul 30 2014, 11:02 PM
- - Explorer1   Closer and closer.... http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/...   Jul 31 2014, 04:29 AM
- - FOV   Latest update: First Optical Images of Ice at Merc...   Oct 15 2014, 11:38 PM
|- - TheAnt   'FOV' wrote: Latest update: First Optical ...   Oct 17 2014, 11:02 PM
- - Paolo   MESSENGER appears to have bought itself a little b...   Dec 24 2014, 04:53 PM
|- - stevesliva   ... by using the helium pressurant for thrust afte...   Dec 24 2014, 04:59 PM
- - nprev   Very innovative. I wonder if this will enable them...   Dec 24 2014, 09:44 PM
- - Explorer1   They've done it again: http://messenger.jhuapl...   Jan 22 2015, 04:37 AM
- - MarcF   "Two new papers from members of the MESSENGER...   Mar 13 2015, 06:09 PM
- - Explorer1   Press Release from LPSC: http://messenger.jhuapl.e...   Mar 17 2015, 12:01 AM
|- - Explorer1   The first in the final series of TCMs is complete,...   Mar 20 2015, 07:50 AM
||- - Doug M.   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 20 2015, 08:50 AM)...   Mar 25 2015, 12:39 PM
|- - Doug M.   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 17 2015, 01:01 AM)...   Mar 25 2015, 03:33 PM
- - Explorer1   The press releases look as sharp as ever, so I wou...   Mar 25 2015, 02:26 PM
|- - tedstryk   I wonder how low it will go before impact. I have...   Mar 25 2015, 03:12 PM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Mar 25 2015, 04:12 PM) ...   Mar 25 2015, 05:17 PM
- - djellison   Based on the trajectory data we've been given ...   Mar 25 2015, 03:32 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 25 2015, 03:32 PM)...   Mar 26 2015, 12:21 AM
- - Phil Stooke   This specific observation, of ice patches (in fact...   Mar 25 2015, 04:01 PM
|- - Doug M.   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 25 2015, 05:01 P...   Mar 25 2015, 07:52 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 25 2015, 09:01 A...   Mar 27 2015, 07:23 PM
- - Explorer1   Meanwhile, 4,000 orbits completed...   Mar 25 2015, 05:31 PM
- - elakdawalla   Sean Solomon told me that there is motion blur at ...   Mar 26 2015, 06:33 PM
- - katodomo   Am I correct in that MESSENGER currently has the l...   Mar 26 2015, 07:45 PM
- - elakdawalla   GRAIL got as low over Orientale before it crashed;...   Mar 26 2015, 08:04 PM
- - stevesliva   Messenger is now out of hydrazine and using helium...   Apr 9 2015, 09:10 PM
- - Explorer1   Out of solar conjunction, and now the image relea...   Apr 20 2015, 04:21 PM
- - Explorer1   And one from yesterday! 1.1 meters per pixel, ...   Apr 25 2015, 02:23 AM
|- - pitcapuozzo   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 25 2015, 04:23 AM)...   Apr 26 2015, 08:56 AM
||- - MahFL   QUOTE (pitcapuozzo @ Apr 26 2015, 09:56 A...   Apr 27 2015, 10:49 AM
||- - ugordan   There doesn't appear to be significant motion ...   Apr 27 2015, 11:30 AM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 24 2015, 09:23 PM)...   Apr 26 2015, 09:26 PM
- - nprev   I noticed the soft edges too...very lunar in appea...   Apr 27 2015, 01:14 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (nprev @ Apr 26 2015, 06:14 PM) I n...   Apr 27 2015, 06:21 PM
- - Doug M.   Emily mentioned that "Sean Solomon told me th...   Apr 27 2015, 08:36 AM
- - Gerald   Motion blur would apply to the small craters, as w...   Apr 27 2015, 10:06 AM
- - Explorer1   Monday release has more info: http://messenger.jhu...   Apr 27 2015, 04:42 PM
- - dvandorn   I have also read that the Moon is at saturation wh...   Apr 28 2015, 03:05 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Time to begin the death watch for MESSENGER. Tomo...   Apr 29 2015, 06:46 PM
- - nprev   Just now on FB: "Well my lithobraking will o...   Apr 29 2015, 10:24 PM
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