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MESSENGER

A NASA spacecraft that became the first to orbit Mercury. Launched in 2004, it entered Mercury’s orbit in 2011 and conducted detailed mapping and analysis of the planet’s surface, atmosphere, and magnetic field before its controlled crash in 2015.

Source: nasa.gov

APODs including "MESSENGER"

MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury

MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury

01/05/2025

Interplanetary Earth

Interplanetary Earth

23/11/2024

Leaving Earth

Leaving Earth
Video

09/08/2022

Mercury's Sodium Tail

Mercury's Sodium Tail

03/05/2022

Mercury's Sodium Tail

Mercury's Sodium Tail

08/07/2020

Interplanetary Earth

Interplanetary Earth

12/10/2019

Leaving Earth

Leaving Earth
Video

25/08/2019

All of Mercury

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Video

28/04/2019

Mercury Visualized from MESSENGER

Mercury Visualized from MESSENGER
Video

11/12/2017

Mercury as Revealed by MESSENGER

Mercury as Revealed by MESSENGER

23/07/2017

Gravitational Anomalies of Mercury

Gravitational Anomalies of Mercury

05/05/2015

MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury

MESSENGER's Last Day on Mercury

01/05/2015

The Great Crater Hokusai

The Great Crater Hokusai

18/04/2015

Enhanced Color Caloris

Enhanced Color Caloris

05/03/2015

Leaving Earth

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05/08/2013

Two Views of Earth

Two Views of Earth

23/07/2013

Comet Lemmon and the Deep Sky

Comet Lemmon and the Deep Sky

20/07/2013

Take a Picture of Saturn

Take a Picture of Saturn

19/07/2013

All of Mercury

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12/06/2013

Colors of Mercury

Colors of Mercury

01/03/2013

Northern Mercury

Northern Mercury

01/12/2012

Unusual Hollows Discovered on Planet Mercury

Unusual Hollows Discovered on Planet Mercury

27/03/2012

MESSENGER's First Day

MESSENGER's First Day

08/10/2011

Shuttle Reentry Streak from Orbit

Shuttle Reentry Streak from Orbit

01/08/2011

MESSENGER's Degas View

MESSENGER's Degas View

22/06/2011

Mercury's Surface in Exaggerated Color

Mercury's Surface in Exaggerated Color

16/06/2011

MESSENGER at Mercury

MESSENGER at Mercury

31/03/2011

Mercury and Jupiter at Sunset

Mercury and Jupiter at Sunset

18/03/2011

The Solar System from MESSENGER

The Solar System from MESSENGER

23/02/2011

Earth and Moon from MESSENGER

Earth and Moon from MESSENGER

01/09/2010