Messenger mercury

Messenger (Mercury)

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  • NASA selects Messenger

    NASA selects Messenger

    To learn new information about Mercury
    NASA selected the MESSENGER mission to study Mercury.
    MESSENGER was the name of the spacecraft

  • NASA started

    NASA started testing the spacecraft
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    To make sure that the spacecraft would be able to perform its mission

  • Messenger Moved

    The Messenger moved to NASA Goddard space flight center for a final test
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    The final stage before the launch to make sure everything is in order
  • Lanching

    Lanching

    The Messenger was launched into space
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    That the journey had begun and new information will soon be coming in

  • Went by

    The Messenger went by Venus
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    To know that it is getting closer to Mercury.

  • Went by Mercury

    The Messenger went by Mercury
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    That the spacecraft was at its destination
  • First spacecraft

    First spacecraft

    Messenger became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury
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    That after 5 plus years the mission is just getting started
  • First Pictrure

    First Pictrure

    NASA got their first pictrure of Mercury from a spacecraft
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    That new information will be collected
  • One hundredth orbit

    One hundredth orbit

    The Messenger began it's one hundredth orbit around Mercury, since it arrived
    It has preformed nearly 2 million comands
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    That Messenger has been working properly and collecting valuable data
  • Got Through

    Got Through

    The Messenger successfully got through the first of four "hot seasons" were temperatures up to 350 degress celtius
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    That the design of messenger is working well