mercury messenger

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NASA launches satellite toward Mercury
Tuesday, August 3, 2004 Posted: 4:34 AM EDT (0834 GMT)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- NASA launched a messenger to Mercury on Tuesday, the first spacecraft in 30 years to head to the sun's closest planet.

The probe, named Messenger, rocketed away in the in the pre-dawn moonlight on what will be a 5 billion-mile, 61/2-year journey to Mercury. The trip should have started a day earlier, but clouds from Tropical Storm Alex postponed liftoff.
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/03/space.mercury.ap/index.html

and the official NASA Messenger website
 
:D @ RM

yeah, those fuel-efficient, cost effective space trips seem to be the thing to do nowadays. then again, they're keeping costs low, which makes more space exploration possible, and it keeps the taxpayer happy...
 
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