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Old March 18th 11, 07:37 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury

NASA Science News for March 18, 2011

NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury
at approximately 9 p.m. EDT on March 17th. This marks the first time a
spacecraft has orbited the solar system's innermost planet.

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