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Exploration of Mercury Will Continue With the Bepicolombo Probe

This is our second article about the exploration of Mercury.  In the first, we looked at NASA’s MESSENGER probe, which will go into orbit around Mercury in 2011, and is already returning useful data.  In this one, we will look … Continue reading

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Mercury Probe Performs Third Flyby

NASA’s MESSENGER space probe has just had its third and closest flyby of Mercury, and has sent back pictures and data that will help to fill in our understanding of the solar system’s innermost planet. In this encounter, the probe … Continue reading

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