NASA’s Messenger set to solve tantalizing mysteries about Mercury
March 16th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, launched in 2004, is scheduled to enter into Mercury's orbit on March 17 after a harrowing 4.7 billion mile journey that involved 15 loops around ... Read more...
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NASA’s MESSENGER set to orbit Mercury
March 9th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 9 (ANI): After passing Earth once and Venus twice, NASA's MESSENGER is now set to orbit the Solar System's innermost planet-Mercury.If everything goes as expected, the craft will reach its ... Read more...
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Most Earth-like exoplanet started out as Saturn-sized gas giant
January 7th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 7 (ANI): A new research has indicated that the most Earth-like planet yet found around another star may be the rocky remains of a Saturn-size gas giant.The planet in question ... Read more...
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NASA’s Messenger spacecraft prepares for final pass by Mercury on September 29
September 24th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 24 (ANI): NASA's Messenger spacecraft is all set to fly by Mercury for the third and final time on September 29.The spacecraft will pass less than 142 miles above the ... Read more...
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NASA selects future projects to study Mars and Mercury
May 5th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 5 (ANI): NASA has selected two science investigations that will aid in the interior examination of Mars and probe the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury.The projects, valued at approximately 38 million ... Read more...
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Plutos lower atmosphere revealed by scientists
March 3rd, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, March 3 (ANI): Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatorys (ESOs) Very Large Telescope (VLT) to gain valuable new insights about the lower atmosphere of the dwarf planet Pluto.The ... Read more...
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NASAs MESSENGER mission to flyby Mercury on Jan 14
January 11th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 11 (ANI): NASAs MESSENGER Mission will make the first of three flybys of Mercury on January 14 at a speed of 141,000 miles per hour.Launched in August 2004, MESSENGER has ... Read more...
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