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The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: Status after the Venus flybys

Solomon, Sean C.; McNutt, Ralph L., Jr.; Grant, David G. +2 more

NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft, launched on 3 August 2004, is well into its voyage to initiate a new era in our understanding of the terrestrial planets. The mission, spacecraft, and payload are designed to answer six fundamental questions regarding the innermost planet during three flyb…