The Messenger spacecraft completed the first pass of Mercury, and the first images are being posted here: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=117. I remember back in the days of my childhood when telescopes were really cool, but planets were a bit of a disappointment because they were just little round disks, but the Voyager and Viking missions changed everything with their spectacular close-up images of the Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and many of their fascinating moons. Mercury was the subject of a fly-by in 1974-75, but only half the surface was imaged. And TODAY we get to see part of the missing half. Check it out!Wednesday, January 16, 2008
New side of Mercury Exposed!
The Messenger spacecraft completed the first pass of Mercury, and the first images are being posted here: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=117. I remember back in the days of my childhood when telescopes were really cool, but planets were a bit of a disappointment because they were just little round disks, but the Voyager and Viking missions changed everything with their spectacular close-up images of the Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and many of their fascinating moons. Mercury was the subject of a fly-by in 1974-75, but only half the surface was imaged. And TODAY we get to see part of the missing half. Check it out!
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