Archive for March 30th, 2011





NASA’s Messenger gives us the first ever image from orbit above Mercury

Mar 30th, 2011 | By

NASA’s Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft is already sending us amazing imagery of the surface of Mercury as it orbits the planet on a mission to obtain information about Mercury and what it’s made of. This image, released by NASA yesterday, is the first image of Mercury taken from orbit: Messenger [...]