Thursday, March 17, 2011

MESSENGER in orbit around Mercury!

NASA (and Johns Hopkins APL) get a win -- the Mercury orbital insertion burn went perfectly, and the MESSENGER probe is now in orbit around the hot rock planet Mercury.

From National Geographic: NASA Probe Successfully Orbiting Mercury - A First

There will be a few days to make sure everything's working properly, then MESSENGER starts sending back pictures from Mercury orbit.

This is exciting. Really exciting. Historical, in fact. It's not every day that you get to witness unprecedented history.

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