The Messenger Mission to Mercury
Russell, C. T. / Domingue, D. L.![The Messenger Mission to Mercury](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/206/20606232/CHSBZCOP0320606232.jpg)
NASA’s MESSENGER mission, launched on 3 August, 2004 is the seventh mission in the Discovery series. MESSENGER encounters the planet Mercury four times, culminating with an insertion into orbit on 18 March 2011. It carries a comprehensive package of geophysical, geological, geochemical, and space environment experiments to complete the complex investigations of this solar-system end member, which begun with Mariner 10.
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