MESSENGER's flight to Mercury: coverage of the last flyby

blogontheuniverse.org — It is a historic mission to another world. It marks a dramatic end to the human race’s initial reconnaissance of the eight planets of our Solar System, and the beginning of detailed study of Mercury.On September 29, 2009, at 5:55 pm EDT, the MESSENGER spacecraft will conduct the last of three flybys of the planet before orbital insertion. Sep 19, 2009 View in Crawl 4