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Surprises at the Planet Nearest Sun
NASA’s Messenger spacecraft flew past the planet nearest the sun in the early morning hours of October 6, completing a critical maneuver to keep it on course to orbit Mercury in 2011 and giving scientists a look at 30 percent of the planet’s surface that no one had seen before.
Feature Article
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Phoenix Mission Ends on Martian Plain
After more than five months of discovery on the Red Planet, Phoenix succumbs to frigid temperatures, declining daylight and a dust storm on the northern plains of Mars.
