MESSENGER
“Extreme” Solar Wind Blasts Mercury’s Poles
[/caption] According to data from the The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) onboard NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, the solar wind is…
MESSENGER Unveiling Mercurys Hidden Secrets
[/caption] NASA’s MESSENGER probe to Mercury, the scorched, innermost planet of our solar system, is sending back so much startling…
Messages from Mercury
[/caption] It's been just over two months since the MESSENGER spacecraft successfully entered orbit around Mercury, back on March 18,…
Alan Shepard and MESSENGER Stamps Unveiled at Kennedy Space Center Ceremony
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - 50 Years ago this week, Alan B. Shepard became the first American to be launched…
USPS Commemorates Spaceflight Past and Present
Postage stamps honoring Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, America's first man in space, and NASA's MESSENGER probe, the first spacecraft to…
MESSENGER Finds Where X Marks the Spot on Mercury
[/caption] Buried treasure on Mercury? If so, I'd look here first. This image shows a currently unnamed crater with an…
Latest Images from Mercury: Bright Peaks, Swirling Craters and Weird Terrain
[/caption] The MESSENGER spacecraft is still happily orbiting Mercury since its orbit insertion in mid-March, and here are some of…
New Images from Mercury: Just the Beginning for MESSENGER in Orbit
[/caption] Sharing just a few of the 1,500 images the MESSENGER spacecraft has now taken from its orbital vantage point,…
MESSENGER’s First Image from Orbit of Mercury
[/caption] Here it is, the first image taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft since entering orbit around Mercury on March 17,…
STEREO Catches Mercury Acting Like a Comet
The STEREO mission to study the Sun also has observed some unusual comet-like features exhibited by the planet Mercury, with…