MESSENGER Spacecraft at Mercury (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

MESSENGER Spacecraft at Mercury

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An $8.7 million CU-Boulder instrument en route to Mercury should help scientist better understand the hot, rocky inner planet and the early evolution of the solar system.

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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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