Messenger will end on April, crash into Mercury

[jmorgan]

Looks like it will crash into Mercury on April 30th. !0 years on that mission.


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Main web site
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/index.php

[jmorgan]

tomorrow the last day.....

[jmorgan]

Saw that but I am guessing the Sun's influence is quite a lot so not only does Messenger have to deal with the planets gravity, it has to deal with the Sun. No expert but looking at the orbit, they are desperately trying to keep it off the surface in that orbit.

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http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/whereis/index.php

[jmorgan]

Here ti
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?...