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NASA’s Mercury mission just revealed a discovery no one saw coming

Mercury has long been cast as the solar system’s burnt-out rock, a relic too small and too close to the Sun to hold many ...
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Amazing solar orbiter views of Mercury transiting the Sun

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the ...
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U.S. Space Program

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, & Artemis II.
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NASA Drops Spacecraft into Mercury's Orbit

Calling its journey "as close to perfect as you can get, NASA announced its Messenger spacecraft has reached Mercury and is orbiting as close as 124 miles above the solar system's innermost planet.

Here’s a look at the significance of sending animals to space

Jan. 31 marks the day Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket to ...