MESSENGER Hannah Kavanaugh 5.12.15 Originally launched on August 3, 2004, the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft, or MESSENGER, ended its work with a bang on April 30th, when it crash-landed onto Mercury at 3:26 pm EDT. Though a planned crash, it was nonetheless “somber” in the control room, as it was confirmed
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