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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paxdan MESSENGER News Thread Apr 20 2005, 11:22 AM
monitorlizard Perhaps the MESSENGER team is waiting until they g... Jun 13 2007, 12:10 PM
Littlebit QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Jun 13 2007, 06:10... Jun 13 2007, 02:32 PM cndwrld VEX and Messenger are both waiting for the data to... Jun 13 2007, 12:49 PM 4th rock from the sun Thanks for the info, it makes sense. Downloading d... Jun 13 2007, 01:26 PM cndwrld I was going to show a plot of our VEX data downlin... Jun 13 2007, 04:11 PM dvandorn QUOTE (cndwrld @ Jun 13 2007, 11:11 AM) K... Jun 13 2007, 05:44 PM nprev QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 13 2007, 10:44 AM) ... Jun 16 2007, 09:41 PM RichardLeis I will continue to wait patiently and only check t... Jun 13 2007, 04:52 PM volcanopele Even if they have a lot of image processing ahead ... Jun 13 2007, 04:58 PM RichardLeis Spacecraft operations and public releases are proc... Jun 13 2007, 11:51 PM Littlebit The entire scientific world was fascinated by the ... Jun 14 2007, 02:14 PM ugordan Littlebit, real-time release of Voyager imagery wa... Jun 14 2007, 02:40 PM djellison Can we calm down the witch hunt please. We know t... Jun 14 2007, 02:42 PM lyford Well spoken! Don't shoot the MESSENG.... ... Jun 14 2007, 03:11 PM Stu Hey, first images are up... Jun 14 2007, 09:27 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 14 2007, 11:27 AM) Hey, ... Jun 14 2007, 09:56 PM ugordan Awe-inspiring, aren't they?
BTW, full-res im... Jun 14 2007, 09:37 PM Stu Very... white...
Looking forward to more detai... Jun 14 2007, 09:47 PM djellison Give them a week or two more - and Messenger will ... Jun 14 2007, 10:10 PM Stu QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 14 2007, 11:10 PM)... Jun 14 2007, 10:23 PM AlexBlackwell I might have missed it but did anyone else see thi... Jun 14 2007, 10:41 PM elakdawalla Bland as it may seem, there's actually some cl... Jun 14 2007, 11:43 PM lyford Hey! What did you do to Planet Cue Ball!?... Jun 15 2007, 12:43 AM Bjorn Jonsson Here's my version:
This one has been sharpe... Jun 15 2007, 01:17 AM AlexBlackwell Nice work, Bjorn. Jun 15 2007, 01:22 AM 4th rock from the sun OK, after initial negative comments about a the la... Jun 15 2007, 12:12 PM JRehling QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ Jun 15 2007, 0... Jun 15 2007, 05:39 PM RichardLeis It is the hint of cloud structure that really make... Jun 16 2007, 05:39 PM cndwrld FYI, I'm told that the Messenger images have a... Jun 18 2007, 11:33 AM 4th rock from the sun 480 nm means deep blue, so it's inside the vis... Jun 18 2007, 12:16 PM nprev True. Do you suppose that the unaided eye at C/A w... Jun 18 2007, 02:31 PM dvandorn Remember, "shades" are just another form... Jun 18 2007, 03:18 PM um3k It may be visible to the naked eye, but it would a... Jun 18 2007, 03:44 PM JRehling QUOTE (um3k @ Jun 18 2007, 08:44 AM) It m... Jun 18 2007, 05:04 PM AlexBlackwell Here's a paper that one should download now wh... Jun 18 2007, 05:08 PM J.J. Though that's within the visual band, the deta... Jun 21 2007, 01:58 PM 4th rock from the sun Almost daily amateur Venus images can be seen here... Jun 21 2007, 11:33 PM 4th rock from the sun Almost daily amateur Venus images can be seen here... Jun 21 2007, 11:34 PM edstrick I took a crack at the full-disk messenger pic of V... Jun 22 2007, 08:49 AM AlexBlackwell Another freebie from Space Science Reviews:
MESSE... Jun 22 2007, 04:54 PM CAP-Team It's been almost a month now since the Venus f... Jul 6 2007, 08:56 AM brellis Do you hear that sound? It's the sound of me ... Jul 6 2007, 08:32 PM cndwrld I'm at a Venus Express science working team me... Jul 10 2007, 03:30 PM brellis hi cndwrld
Thanks much for the update. I'm v... Jul 10 2007, 06:48 PM mchan Additional Venus flyby images are up:
http://mess... Jul 26 2007, 05:12 AM Ken90000 I'm not seeing anything new there. Jul 26 2007, 09:12 PM mchan I was referring to the video link for the Venus de... Jul 27 2007, 02:45 AM edstrick The departure sequence will be vastly more interes... Jul 27 2007, 07:50 AM cndwrld Messenger Fly-By of Venus
The ESA web page for th... Jul 27 2007, 09:55 AM mchan While counting down to the Phoenix launch to Mars,... Aug 4 2007, 05:59 AM Greg Hullender I'm sure everyone has already seen these, but ... Aug 4 2007, 09:56 PM JRehling QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 4 2007, 02:56... Aug 7 2007, 10:54 PM JRehling An added note, regarding the putative Skinakas bas... Aug 9 2007, 02:43 AM jamescanvin Greg, you seem to have the 3rd flyby linked twice,... Aug 5 2007, 09:30 AM Ken90000 Are these figures still accurate? The publication... Aug 7 2007, 11:03 PM JRehling QUOTE (Ken90000 @ Aug 7 2007, 04:03 PM) A... Aug 8 2007, 09:19 PM gcecil The slipped flyby dates are Jan. 14, 2008, Oct. 7,... Aug 10 2007, 11:43 PM Greg Hullender Can you tell us at what resolution ranges Messenge... Aug 11 2007, 05:20 AM gcecil QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Aug 11 2007, 01:2... Aug 12 2007, 03:13 PM edstrick It's also worth realizing that like with the l... Aug 13 2007, 07:39 AM tedstryk QUOTE (edstrick @ Aug 13 2007, 07:39 AM) ... Aug 13 2007, 11:20 AM JRehling QUOTE (edstrick @ Aug 13 2007, 12:39 AM) ... Aug 13 2007, 04:04 PM edstrick Indeed... we need global coverage at decently high... Aug 14 2007, 08:18 AM Greg Hullender Meanwhile, I just noticed that Messenger has start... Aug 16 2007, 03:28 PM mchan 2nd paragraph in Messenger status report alludes t... Aug 17 2007, 02:55 AM Greg Hullender Thanks! I should read these things more caref... Aug 17 2007, 03:24 PM belleraphon1 All..
Emily has posted a nice update about the M... Aug 17 2007, 07:37 PM Greg Hullender Very nice!
Emily: (If you're reading this... Aug 17 2007, 09:05 PM elakdawalla Easiest way to visualize what will be Sunlit and t... Aug 17 2007, 09:13 PM belleraphon1 Yeah...
if you look at the flyby plot you can se... Aug 17 2007, 09:53 PM Greg Hullender New Messenger update, marking the first perihelion... Sep 1 2007, 06:31 PM Greg Hullender The more I look at the data, the more I think the ... Sep 1 2007, 08:49 PM edstrick it looks like flyby's 2 and 3 will provide exc... Sep 2 2007, 07:15 AM AlexBlackwell MESSENGER Approaches Two Billion Miles!
MESSEN... Sep 12 2007, 07:32 PM cndwrld I saw one of the principle scientists from Messeng... Oct 1 2007, 01:50 PM nprev Nice! Thanks, CND; definitely something to l... Oct 2 2007, 04:12 AM NMRguy One step closer. MESSENGER sets itself up for the... Oct 18 2007, 09:48 AM MahFL Great news. Oct 18 2007, 01:51 PM NMRguy I still find myself forgetting how long MESSENGER ... Nov 21 2007, 11:07 PM mchan Contact made to Messenger after solar conjunction:... Dec 5 2007, 05:53 AM Greg Hullender Not related to this month's flyby (not to say ... Jan 2 2008, 04:30 PM nprev Noticed something else new on the "Where is M... Jan 2 2008, 06:05 PM peter59 Pleiades star cluster.
Messenger's MDIM wide ... Jan 6 2008, 08:48 AM ugordan QUOTE (peter59 @ Jan 6 2008, 09:48 AM) Pl... Jan 6 2008, 02:25 PM peter59 .. and more
Messenger's MDIM narrow angle ca... Jan 6 2008, 10:27 AM Phil Stooke You saw it here first, nprev!
Phil Jan 6 2008, 02:19 PM djellison http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/data/messenger/MDI... Jan 6 2008, 05:28 PM ugordan QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 6 2008, 06:28 PM) ... Jan 6 2008, 06:25 PM nprev ...<clink>...LAND HO!!!
Look at... Jan 6 2008, 05:48 PM Paolo unnecessary quoting removed
I fear that is ye old... Jan 6 2008, 05:59 PM Phil Stooke April fool! That was the moon. Here it is mo... Jan 6 2008, 05:58 PM nprev You guys sure? I was thinking that too (farside vi... Jan 6 2008, 06:09 PM Phil Stooke That's no dark polar hood, that's Oceanus ... Jan 6 2008, 06:13 PM JRehling Yep, Mare Orientale is near center, Procellarum is... Jan 6 2008, 11:17 PM tedstryk Here is my take on the image. Jan 6 2008, 11:54 PM tedstryk Wow, it really is a good camera. Here is the dist... Jan 7 2008, 03:53 AM djellison It IS the Moon - hence why I cited the PDS where t... Jan 6 2008, 06:14 PM nprev Sigh...too much anticipation... Jan 6 2008, 06:22 PM Phil Stooke I don't have time to search at the moment - is... Jan 6 2008, 06:52 PM ugordan I think images EN0031264914M.IMG and EN0031264925M... Jan 6 2008, 07:04 PM  |
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