Mercury

NASA Planetary Science Trio Honored as ‘Best of What’s New’ in 2011- Curiosity/Dawn/MESSENGER

[/caption] A trio of NASA’s Planetary Science mission’s - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Dawn and MESSENGER - has been honored…

13 years ago

[/caption] Wow -- just wow! Here’s a unique, jaw-dropping, and beautiful look at Mercury from the MESSENGER spacecraft, in a…

13 years ago

Remove All Ads on Universe Today

Join our Patreon for as little as $3!

Get the ad-free experience for life

[/caption] How long has it been since you've taken a good look at Mercury? For the backyard astronomer, all we'll…

13 years ago

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It all started – with seven. The original seven Mercury astronauts that is. They wanted…

13 years ago

[/caption] NASA announced that it has added the Delta II rocket, a launch vehicle that appeared to be slipping into…

13 years ago

[/caption] According to data from the The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) onboard NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, the solar wind is…

13 years ago

[/caption] Getting to know a planet well is getting to know its surface features. Through measuring impact craters, planetary scientists…

13 years ago

[/caption] NASA’s MESSENGER probe to Mercury, the scorched, innermost planet of our solar system, is sending back so much startling…

14 years ago

[/caption] It's been just over two months since the MESSENGER spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Mercury, back on March 18,…

14 years ago

[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - 50 Years ago this week, Alan B. Shepard became the first American to be launched…

14 years ago