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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
- - odave   IIRC the trajectory of this flyby wasn't very ...   Oct 11 2006, 12:41 PM
|- - ugordan   This view hardly qualifies as uninteresting: Solar...   Oct 11 2006, 01:27 PM
- - odave   Hmmm. I'll have to find out where I read what...   Oct 11 2006, 01:36 PM
|- - ugordan   From what I've seen playing around in the Simu...   Oct 11 2006, 01:40 PM
- - odave   That rings a bell, but I haven't been able to ...   Oct 11 2006, 02:01 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (odave @ Oct 11 2006, 09:01 AM) Cha...   Oct 11 2006, 04:56 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Don't forget the animation for the third Mercu...   Oct 20 2006, 02:51 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Mercury and Venus are in inferior conjunction when...   Oct 21 2006, 04:12 AM
- - RNeuhaus   Tomorrow between 4-5 am, Messenger will be flying-...   Oct 23 2006, 03:28 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Well, the two diagrams do match up. The tick mark...   Oct 23 2006, 04:04 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Oct 22 200...   Oct 23 2006, 03:04 PM
- - yaohua2000   2006-10-23 02:21:05 UTC — 1000000 km 2006-10-23 05...   Oct 23 2006, 02:21 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Yes, the emphasis on the second flyby would seem t...   Oct 24 2006, 12:40 AM
- - RNeuhaus   By now, I haven't found any internet refresh n...   Oct 24 2006, 02:41 PM
- - djellison   How could we possibly know? Venus, like Mars, is ...   Oct 24 2006, 02:44 PM
- - maycm   Why no science? Surely Messanger could be program...   Oct 24 2006, 03:09 PM
- - djellison   There will be further chances to test the instrume...   Oct 24 2006, 03:20 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Why no science? The question has been asked many ...   Oct 24 2006, 03:20 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Oct 24 2006, 10:20 A...   Oct 24 2006, 04:49 PM
- - Sunspot   But MRO IS making daily observations during the co...   Oct 24 2006, 05:23 PM
- - djellison   Only a very limited ammount with two instruments i...   Oct 24 2006, 06:37 PM
- - djellison   Bloody hell : MESSENGER swung by Venus at 8:34 UTC...   Oct 24 2006, 10:04 PM
- - nprev   ...Doug, I assume "bloody hell" means ...   Oct 25 2006, 04:24 AM
- - Bubbinski   I just saw something in the Florida Today "Fl...   Oct 25 2006, 06:08 AM
|- - mchan   Bloody hell! And that is NOT HELL yeah!   Oct 25 2006, 06:13 AM
|- - ugordan   Update on the flyby: MESSENGER Completes Venus Fly...   Oct 25 2006, 07:08 AM
- - nprev   Rog on the "BH", Doug & Mchan...just...   Oct 27 2006, 01:26 AM
|- - ugordan   There's something weird with the Where is MESS...   Oct 30 2006, 07:15 PM
- - remcook   Seems OK to me. Looks just like parallax when you ...   Oct 30 2006, 07:40 PM
|- - ugordan   How can you have parallax if your viewpoint (MESSE...   Oct 30 2006, 08:06 PM
- - remcook   hold a pencil in front of you and turn your head.   Oct 30 2006, 09:56 PM
|- - ugordan   You do realize that by turning your head, you...   Oct 30 2006, 09:57 PM
- - remcook   yes, but I think it's probably a very similar ...   Nov 1 2006, 11:52 AM
- - remcook   Here's the drawing. green and red show two obj...   Nov 1 2006, 12:07 PM
|- - ugordan   I'm not sure I get that plot, but I understand...   Nov 1 2006, 04:06 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   Having a fairly extensive experience playing aroun...   Nov 1 2006, 05:17 PM
- - remcook   ah, I think I know what you mean now. sorry, I mis...   Nov 1 2006, 06:01 PM
|- - Malmer   it has to be a bug. There is no way that any proj...   Nov 1 2006, 08:32 PM
- - remcook   Had another think I see now I was just being plain...   Nov 2 2006, 08:42 AM
- - Phil Stooke   On the date in question the spacecraft and Venus w...   Nov 3 2006, 02:37 AM
|- - ugordan   Nope. Not even Venus as viewpoint brings Earth to ...   Nov 3 2006, 08:26 AM
|- - ugordan   MESSENGER Mission News December 2, 2006 http://me...   Dec 13 2006, 04:22 PM
|- - Littlebit   QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 13 2006, 09:22 AM) M...   Dec 13 2006, 04:44 PM
- - tasp   IIRC, a similar change was made to the Voyager 1 (...   Dec 13 2006, 06:06 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I see Messenger has just started its fourth orbit....   Jan 23 2007, 11:38 PM
|- - NMRguy   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 24 2007, 12:3...   Jan 31 2007, 03:21 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (NMRguy @ Jan 31 2007, 07:21 AM) Th...   Feb 7 2007, 07:21 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I was looking at the Messenger site, trying to fig...   Feb 4 2007, 08:14 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   A Day in the Life of Mercury’s Orbit MESSENGER Mis...   Feb 5 2007, 08:15 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Priming Instruments to Map Mercury's Crust MES...   Feb 20 2007, 04:27 PM
- - NMRguy   MESSENGER GEARING UP TO UNDERSTAND MERCURY’S MAGNE...   Mar 19 2007, 04:25 PM
- - NMRguy   MESSENGER COMPLETES FORTY PERCENT OF CRUISE PHASE ...   Apr 2 2007, 08:36 PM
- - NMRguy   MESSENGER LINES UP FOR SECOND PASS AT VENUS MESSEN...   May 2 2007, 09:51 PM
- - OWW   MESSENGER ZEROS IN ON VENUS MESSENGER Mission News...   May 26 2007, 09:20 PM
- - nprev   BTW, the Messenger site has a much improved intera...   May 26 2007, 10:35 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   NASA to Preview Mercury Mission's Flight Past ...   May 30 2007, 08:51 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I note that they've updated the Messenger site...   Jun 1 2007, 08:37 PM
- - Littlebit   QUOTE (Messenger Mission News)]In the coming eveni...   Jun 4 2007, 01:58 PM
- - CAP-Team   The quote above suggests that the spacecraft would...   Jun 4 2007, 02:54 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Looking forward to "Mercury Flyby 1" on ...   Jun 4 2007, 11:07 PM
|- - gndonald   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Jun 5 2007...   Jun 5 2007, 03:52 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (gndonald @ Jun 5 2007, 08:52 AM) I...   Jun 5 2007, 07:11 PM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jun 5 2007, 02:11...   Jun 5 2007, 10:55 PM
- - RichardLeis   I am not sure if this is planned, but I would love...   Jun 4 2007, 11:17 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (RichardLeis @ Jun 4 2007, 04:17 PM...   Jun 5 2007, 12:44 AM
||- - RichardLeis   Thanks for the info, Emily. Looking forward to re...   Jun 5 2007, 04:59 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (RichardLeis @ Jun 4 2007, 04:17 PM...   Jun 5 2007, 08:56 PM
- - elakdawalla   I can confirm that the MDIS team does have an outb...   Jun 5 2007, 12:08 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 4 2007, 05:08 PM...   Jun 5 2007, 09:07 PM
- - edstrick   "... was surprised during a recent search for...   Jun 5 2007, 07:36 AM
|- - tedstryk   I have been told that they are slowly working to p...   Jun 5 2007, 02:27 PM
|- - Littlebit   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jun 5 2007, 01:36 AM) T...   Jun 5 2007, 06:14 PM
- - elakdawalla   Louise wasn't that specific about the imaging ...   Jun 5 2007, 09:21 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 5 2007, 02:21 PM...   Jun 5 2007, 10:05 PM
- - edstrick   "...I think one issue is that we "experi...   Jun 6 2007, 09:56 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jun 6 2007, 02:56 AM) ...   Jun 7 2007, 07:39 PM
|- - tedstryk   Do you mean DAWN?   Jun 7 2007, 08:12 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 7 2007, 01:12 PM) D...   Jun 7 2007, 08:17 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 7 2007, 08:17 PM) N...   Jun 7 2007, 08:47 PM
- - gndonald   She's made it See: http://tinyurl.com/27m2u...   Jun 6 2007, 10:26 AM
- - remcook   QUOTE The data acquired with all of the instrument...   Jun 6 2007, 11:04 AM
- - Littlebit   QUOTE Late afternoon on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, MES...   Jun 6 2007, 01:35 PM
|- - tedstryk   Littlebit, you are thinking kilometers. Granted, ...   Jun 6 2007, 01:49 PM
- - cndwrld   It looks like the Messenger Fly-By went just most ...   Jun 6 2007, 03:27 PM
- - elakdawalla   I've been forwarded a status report on MESSENG...   Jun 6 2007, 05:42 PM
- - belleraphon1   Venus... yeah...... thats was the signpost just ah...   Jun 6 2007, 10:09 PM
- - gndonald   The MESSENGER website appears to be down, I've...   Jun 8 2007, 02:08 AM
|- - RichardLeis   QUOTE (gndonald @ Jun 7 2007, 07:08 PM) T...   Jun 8 2007, 02:27 AM
- - 4th rock from the sun   Well... no images yet... not even one. We are all ...   Jun 11 2007, 08:27 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ Jun 11 2007, 0...   Jun 11 2007, 09:30 PM
|- - Toma B   QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ Jun 11 2007, 1...   Jun 12 2007, 07:29 AM
- - 4th rock from the sun   I don't have any problem in waiting for the im...   Jun 12 2007, 12:25 PM
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