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Mercury probe fly-by maps mysterious inner planet (AFP)
Nov 6, 2009

Technicians with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) prepare the MESSENGER spacecraft in 2004. The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar regions to be surveyed, NASA said.(AFP/NASA/File)AFP - The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar regions to be surveyed, NASA said.


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