Planets and Moons  ID: 30340

High-Resolution View of Mercury from Messenger Flyby 1

Released on October 22, 2013
This high-resolution mosaic of images shows Mercury as it appeared to Messenger as the spacecraft departed the planet following the mission's first flyby of Mercury. This mosaic resembles the historic first image transmitted back to Earth after that flyby and shows a portion of the planet never previously seen by spacecraft. The Messenger mission is on track to become the first spacecraft ever to orbit Mercury.
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Mosaic of images shows a full disk view of Mercury
 

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Global View of Mercury – Animation

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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13840

Credits

Marit Jentoft-Nilsen: Project Support
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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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Mission:
MESSENGER: Mercury, Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging

Keywords:
SVS >> Mercury
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons