JHUAPL: MESSENGER Mission News: MESSENGER Beams Back First Approach Images of Mercury
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MESSENGER mission operators at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have received the first optical navigation images from the spacecraft. “We will be taking seven additional sets over the next three days as the spacecraft approaches the planet,” said APL’s Eric Finnegan, the Mission Systems Engineer.
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Closest approach:
2008, October 6, 0140 PDT, Monday
2008, October 6, 0440 EDT, Monday
2008, October 6, 0840 UTC, Monday
About 2-1/2 days to closest approach